The Right Stuff

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

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