The Right Stuff

John Dehner as Henry Luce Charles Frank as Scott Carpenter David Clennon as Liaison Man David Gulpilil as Aborigine Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard William Hall as The Permanent Press Corps Michael Pritchard as Texan Chuck Yeager as Fred Scott Paulin as Deke Slayton William Russ as Slick Goodlin Donald Moffat as Lyndon B. Johnson Royal Dano as Minister Jim Haynie as Air Force Major Dennis Quaid as Gordon Cooper Fred Ward as Gus Grissom Pamela Reed as Trudy Cooper Kathy Baker as Louise Shepard Jeff Goldblum as NASA Recruiter Scott Beach as Chief Scientist Barbara Hershey as Glennis Yeager Edward Anhalt as Grand Designer O-Lan Jones as Girl at Pancho's Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager Ed Harris as John Glenn Scott Wilson as Scott Crossfield Veronica Cartwright as Betty Grissom Mimi Sarkisian as New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited) Lance Henriksen as Wally Schirra Levon Helm as Jack Ridley / Narrator Harry Shearer as NASA Recruiter Mary Apick as Woman Reporter Kim Stanley as Pancho Barnes Mary Jo Deschanel as Annie Glenn John P. Ryan as Head of Program Darryl Henriques as Life Reporter Eric Sevareid as Himself

Richard Hymns Sound Effects Editor Robert Chartoff Producer Buddy Joe Hooker Stunt Coordinator Randy Thom Sound Re-Recording Mixer Caleb Deschanel Director of Photography Irwin Winkler Producer Lynn Stalmaster Casting Philip Kaufman Screenplay, Director Bill Conti Original Music Composer Jordan Belson Visual Effects Tom Wolfe Novel