The Right Stuff

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

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