The Right Stuff

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

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