The Right Stuff

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

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