Director: Philip Kaufman

Writer: Philip Kaufman

Based on a book: The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe

Music by: Bill Conti

Producers: Irwin Winkler; Robert Chartoff

Keywords: Drama, Space Exploration, Cold War

Elite Air Force test pilots push the envelope of the possible, and after Sputnik compete for seats in the Mercury Program. Won Oscars for Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Editing and Best Sound Effects Editing; received additional nominations for Best Picutre, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Set Decoration. Entered 2013 into the National Film Registry.

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kathy Baker	Actor	8-Jun-1950		Dr. Jill Brock on Picket Fences
Veronica Cartwright	Actor	20-Apr-1950		Alien
David Clennon	Actor	10-May-1943		Joshua Nankin on The Agency
Royal Dano	Actor	16-Nov-1922	15-May-1994	The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
John Dehner	Actor	23-Nov-1915	4-Feb-1992	Carousel
Scott Glenn	Actor	26-Jan-1941		The Silence of the Lambs
Jeff Goldblum	Actor	22-Oct-1952		The Fly
Ed Harris	Actor	28-Nov-1950		The Rock
Levon Helm	Drummer	26-May-1940	19-Apr-2012	Drummer for The Band
Lance Henriksen	Actor	5-May-1940		Aliens, Dead Man
Barbara Hershey	Actor	5-Feb-1948		Boxcar Bertha and Mary Magdalene
O-Lan Jones	Actor	23-May-1950		Esmeralda in Edward Scissorhands
Donald Moffat	Actor	26-Dec-1930	20-Dec-2018	British-American character actor
Anthony Muñoz	Football	19-Aug-1958		Tackle, NFL Hall of Famer
Dennis Quaid	Actor	9-Apr-1954		Any Given Sunday
Pamela Reed	Actor	2-Apr-1949		Gail Green on Jericho
William Russ	Actor	20-Oct-1950		Roger LoCocco on Wiseguy
Eric Sevareid	Journalist	26-Nov-1912	9-Jul-1992	CBS News journalist
Harry Shearer	Comic	23-Dec-1943		Almost half the voices on The Simpsons
Sam Shepard	Playwright	5-Nov-1943	27-Jul-2017	Buried Child
Kim Stanley	Actor	11-Feb-1925	20-Aug-2001	Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Fred Ward	Actor	30-Dec-1942		Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Scott Wilson	Actor	29-Mar-1942	6-Oct-2018	In Cold Blood
Chuck Yeager	Aviator	13-Feb-1923		Test pilot, first to break speed of sound

CAST

Scott Glenn	...   Alan Shepard
Ed Harris	...   John Glenn
Barbara Hershey	...   Glennis Yeager
Dennis Quaid	...   Gordon Cooper
Pamela Reed	...   Trudy Cooper
Sam Shepard	...   Chuck Yeager
Kim Stanley	...   Pancho Barnes
Fred Ward	...   Gus Grissom
Veronica Cartwright	...   Betty Grissom
David Clennon	...   Liaison Man
Scott Wilson	...   Scott Crossfield
Donald Moffat	...   Lyndon B. Johnson
Levon Helm	...   Jack Ridley
Jeff Goldblum	...   Recruiter
Harry Shearer	...   Recruiter
Charles Frank	...   Scott Carpenter
Royal Dano	...   Minister
Co-Starring
John Dehner	...   Henry Luce
Lance Henriksen	...   Wally Schirra
Scott Paulin	...   Deke Slayton
John P. Ryan	...   Head of Program
Mary Jo Deschanel	...   Annie Glenn
Kathy Baker	...   Louise Shepard
Mickey Crocker	...   Marge Slayton
Susan Kase	...   Rene Carpenter
Mittie Smith	...   Jo Schirra
Jim Haynie	...   Air Force Major
Scott Beach	...   Chief Scientist
Jane Dornacker	...   Nurse Murch
Anthony Muņoz	...   Gonzales
Darryl Henriques	...   LIFE Reporter
Eric Sevareid	...   Himself
William Russ	...   Slick Goodlin
The Permanent Press Corps -- I fratelli Bologna
Drew Letchworth	...   Press Corps
Christopher P. Beale	...   Press Corps
Richard Dupell	...   Press Corps
William Hall	...   Press Corps
John X. Heart	...   Press Corps
Ed Holmes	...   Press Corps
Jack Bruno Tate	...   Press Corps
Edward Anhalt	...   Grand Designer
Mary Apick	...   Woman Reporter
Robert Beer	...   Dwight D. Eisenhower
Erik Bergmann	...   Eddie Hodges
James M. Brady	...   Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson
Katherine Conklin	...   Woman TV Reporter
Maureen Coyne	...   Waitress
Tom Dahlgren	...   Bell Aircraft Executive
John Lion	...   Bell Aircraft Executive
Peggy Davis	...   Sally Rand
Robert Elross	...   Review Board President
Drew Eshelman	...   Assistant Scientist
Robert J. Geary	...   Game Show M.C.
Maj. Royce Grones	...   1st X-1 Pilot
David Gulpilil	...   Aborigine
Anthony Wallace	...   Australian Driver
Kaaren Lee	...   Young Widow
Sandy Kronemeyer	...   Cocoa Beach Girl
Frankie Di	...   Cocoa Beach Girl
Michael Pritchard	...   Texan
Ed Corbett	...   Texan
O-Lan Jones	...   Pretty Girl
Mark Todd	...   Astronaut Trainee
Alan Gebhardt	...   Astronaut Trainee
Levon Helm	...   Narrator
Chuck Yeager	...   Fred

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