Movie
The Right Stuff
1983PG3h 13m7.4 / 10
How the future began.
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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Checked Sep 5, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Right Stuff
Cast
Sam ShepardChuck Yeager
Scott GlennAlan Shepard
Ed HarrisJohn Glenn
Dennis QuaidGordon Cooper
Fred WardGus Grissom
Barbara HersheyGlennis Yeager
Kim StanleyPancho Barnes
Veronica CartwrightBetty GrissomCredits
- Directed by
- Philip Kaufman
- Written by
- Philip Kaufman, Tom Wolfe
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $27M
- Box office
- $21.5M
Production
The Ladd CompanyUnited States
Winkler FilmsUnited States
Themes
1940s1950s1960sanswering machineastronautastronautsbased on novel or bookbased on true story
