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