Film

The Right Stuff

1983 · 3h 13m · Drama · History · Adventure

How the future began.

IMDb

7.8

Rotten Tomatoes

96%

Metacritic

91

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.

Sam Shepard

Chuck Yeager

Scott Glenn

Alan Shepard

Ed Harris

John Glenn

Dennis Quaid

Gordon Cooper

Fred Ward

Gus Grissom

Barbara Hershey

Glennis Yeager

Kim Stanley

Pancho Barnes

Veronica Cartwright

Betty Grissom

Pamela Reed

Trudy Cooper

Scott Paulin

Deke Slayton

Charles Frank

Scott Carpenter

Lance Henriksen

Wally Schirra

Donald Moffat

Lyndon B. Johnson

Levon Helm

Jack Ridley / Narrator

Mary Jo Deschanel

Annie Glenn

Scott Wilson

Scott Crossfield

• Philip KaufmanScreenplay · Director
• Tom WolfeNovel
• Irwin WinklerProducer
• Robert ChartoffProducer
• James D. BrubakerExecutive Producer
• Caleb DeschanelDirector of Photography
• Bill ContiOriginal Music Composer
• Glenn FarrEditor
• Lisa FruchtmanEditor
• Tom RolfEditor

Original Theatrical Trailer

Release date

October 20, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

3h 13m

Rated

PG

Budget

$27,000,000

Revenue

$21,500,000

Genres

Drama, History, Adventure

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