The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

How the future began.

1983•3h 13m•7.4/10

DramaHistoryAdventure

Ratings

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7.4/10(939)

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.

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Production

The Ladd Company, Chartoff-Winkler Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

Chuck Yeager

Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

Alan Shepard

Ed Harris

Ed Harris

John Glenn

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid

Gordon Cooper

Fred Ward

Fred Ward

Gus Grissom

Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey

Glennis Yeager

Kim Stanley

Kim Stanley

Pancho Barnes

Veronica Cartwright

Veronica Cartwright

Betty Grissom

Pamela Reed

Pamela Reed

Trudy Cooper

Scott Paulin

Scott Paulin

Deke Slayton

Charles Frank

Charles Frank

Scott Carpenter

Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen

Wally Schirra

Donald Moffat

Donald Moffat

Lyndon B. Johnson

Levon Helm

Levon Helm

Jack Ridley / Narrator

Mary Jo Deschanel

Mary Jo Deschanel

Annie Glenn

Scott Wilson

Scott Wilson

Scott Crossfield

Kathy Baker

Kathy Baker

Louise Shepard

Mickey Crocker

Marge Slayton

Susan Kase

Rene Carpenter

Mittie Smith

Jo Schirra

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