The Right Stuff poster

The Right Stuff( 1983)

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How the future began.

Overview

As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sam Shepard

      Chuck Yeager

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      Scott Glenn

      Alan Shepard

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      Ed Harris

      John Glenn

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      Dennis Quaid

      Gordon Cooper

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      Fred Ward

      Gus Grissom

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      Barbara Hershey

      Glennis Yeager

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      Kim Stanley

      Pancho Barnes

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      Veronica Cartwright

      Betty Grissom

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      Pamela Reed

      Trudy Cooper

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      Scott Paulin

      Deke Slayton

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      Charles Frank

      Scott Carpenter

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      Lance Henriksen

      Wally Schirra

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      Donald Moffat

      Lyndon B. Johnson

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      Levon Helm

      Jack Ridley / Narrator

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      Mary Jo Deschanel

      Annie Glenn

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      Scott Wilson

      Scott Crossfield

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      Kathy Baker

      Louise Shepard

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      Mickey Crocker

      Marge Slayton

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      Susan Kase

      Rene Carpenter

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      Mittie Smith

      Jo Schirra

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      Royal Dano

      Minister

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      David Clennon

      Liaison Man

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      Jim Haynie

      Air Force Major

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      Jeff Goldblum

      NASA Recruiter

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      Harry Shearer

      NASA Recruiter

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      Scott Beach

      Chief Scientist

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      Jane Dornacker

      Nurse Murch

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      Anthony Munoz

      Gonzales

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      John P. Ryan

      Head of Program

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      Darryl Henriques

      Life Reporter

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      Eric Sevareid

      Himself

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      William Russ

      Slick Goodlin

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      Drew Letchworth

      The Permanent Press Corps

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      Christopher P. Beale

      The Permanent Press Corps

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      Richard Dupell

      The Permanent Press Corps

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      William Hall

      The Permanent Press Corps

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      John X. Heart

      The Permanent Press Corps

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      Ed Holmes

      The Permanent Press Corps

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      Jack Bruno Tate

      The Permanent Press Corps

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      Edward Anhalt

      Grand Designer

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      Mary Apick

      Woman Reporter

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      Robert Beer

      Dwight D. Eisenhower

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      Erik Bergmann

      Eddie Hodges

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      James Brady

      Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson

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      Katherine Conklin

      Woman TV Reporter

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      Maureen Coyne

      Waitress

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      Tom Dahlgren

      Bell Aircraft Executive

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      John Lion

      Bell Aircraft Executive

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      Peggy Davis

      Sally Rand

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      John Dehner

      Henry Luce

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      Robert Elross

      Review Board President

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      Drew Eshelman

      Assistant Scientist

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      Robert J. Geary

      Game Show M.C.

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      Royce Grones

      1st X-1 Pilot

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      David Gulpilil

      Aborigine

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      Anthony Wallis

      Australian Driver

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      Kaaren Lee

      Young Widow

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      Sandy Kronemeyer

      Cocoa Beach Girl

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      Frankie Di

      Cocoa Beach Girl

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      Michael Pritchard

      Texan

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      Ed Corbett

      Texan

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      O-Lan Jones

      Girl at Pancho's

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      Mark Todd

      Astronaut Trainee

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      Allen Gebhardt

      Astronaut Trainee

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      Chuck Yeager

      Fred

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      Mimi Sarkisian

      New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

    8
    Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on Thu Jul 20 2023
    **Overall, it's a good movie about the start of the space race.** The space race was one of the aspects that marked the intense rivalry between the USA and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. There was the notion that space could be a battleground or a zone of influence, as colonial territories had been decades before, and that the nuclear threat made it urgent to dominate space. That's why the Mercury Program was born, responsible for the first suborbital and orbital flights carried out by the USA. Directed by Philip Kaufman, the film is very good and very well made, even if, at times,...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    27000000.00

    Revenue

    21500000.00

    Keywords

    • epic
    • based on novel or book
    • nasa
    • politics
    • cold war
    • answering machine
    • pilot
    • u.s. air force
    • space travel
    • flight
    • historical figure
    • astronaut
    • space race
    • test pilot
    • 1940s
    • 1950s
    • 1960s
    • sound barrier
    • space program
    • astronauts