Cast & crew
The Right Stuff (1983)
Directed by Philip Kaufman Written by Philip Kaufman
Cast
| Mary Jo Deschanel | Annie Glenn |
| Levon Helm | Jack Ridley / Narrator |
| Donald Moffat | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Scott Wilson | Scott Crossfield |
| Kathy Baker | Louise Shepard |
| David Clennon | Liaison Man |
| Jim Haynie | Air Force Major |
| Jeff Goldblum | NASA Recruiter |
| Harry Shearer | NASA Recruiter |
| Scott Beach | Chief Scientist |
| Jane Dornacker | Nurse Murch |
| Anthony Munoz | Gonzales |
| Darryl Henriques | Life Reporter |
| Eric Sevareid | Himself |
| John P. Ryan | Head of Program |
| Drew Letchworth | The Permanent Press Corps |
| Christopher P. Beale | The Permanent Press Corps |
| Richard Dupell | The Permanent Press Corps |
| William Hall | The Permanent Press Corps |
| William Russ | Slick Goodlin |
| Erik Bergmann | Eddie Hodges |
| Robert Beer | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| James Brady | Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Katherine Conklin | Woman TV Reporter |
| Maureen Coyne | Waitress |
| Anthony Wallis | Australian Driver |
| Kaaren Lee | Young Widow |
| Sandy Kronemeyer | Cocoa Beach Girl |
| Frankie Di | Cocoa Beach Girl |
| Michael Pritchard | Texan |
| Mimi Sarkisian | New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited) |
| Sam Shepard | Chuck Yeager |
| Scott Glenn | Alan Shepard |
| Fred Ward | Gus Grissom |
| Ed Harris | John Glenn |
| Dennis Quaid | Gordon Cooper |
| Barbara Hershey | Glennis Yeager |
| Kim Stanley | Pancho Barnes |
| Charles Frank | Scott Carpenter |
| Veronica Cartwright | Betty Grissom |
| Pamela Reed | Trudy Cooper |
| Scott Paulin | Deke Slayton |
| Lance Henriksen | Wally Schirra |
| Mickey Crocker | Marge Slayton |
| Susan Kase | Rene Carpenter |
| Mittie Smith | Jo Schirra |
| Royal Dano | Minister |
| Jack Bruno Tate | The Permanent Press Corps |
| John X. Heart | The Permanent Press Corps |
| Ed Holmes | The Permanent Press Corps |
| Mary Apick | Woman Reporter |
| Edward Anhalt | Grand Designer |
| John Dehner | Henry Luce |
| 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. |
| Royce Grones | 1st X-1 Pilot |
| David Gulpilil | Aborigine |
| Edward Corbett | Texan |
| Mark Todd | Astronaut Trainee |
| Allen Gebhardt | Astronaut Trainee |
| Chuck Yeager | Fred |
| O-Lan Jones | Girl at Pancho's |
Crew
| Ted Churchill | Steadicam Operator |
| Alice Tompkins | Script Supervisor |
| Richard Lawrence | Art Direction |
| W. Stewart Campbell | Art Direction |
| Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Todd Boekelheide | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Randy Thom | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Karen G. Wilson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Tim Holland | Sound Effects Editor |
| Yvonne Curry | Makeup Artist |
| Mark Berger | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John Benson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Thomas Scott | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Pat Jackson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Bruce Geller | Hairstylist |
| Andy Wiskes | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jay Boekelheide | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Richard Hymns | Sound Effects Editor |
| Catherine Childers | Hairstylist |
| Karen Bradley | Makeup Artist |
| Irwin Winkler | Producer |
| Glenn Farr | Editor |
| Bill Conti | Original Music Composer |
| Tom Wolfe | Novel |
| Lisa Fruchtman | Editor |
| Caleb Deschanel | Director of Photography |
| James D. Brubaker | Executive Producer |
| Stephen A. Rotter | Editor |
| Douglas Stewart | Editor |
| Tom Rolf | Editor |
| Peter R. Romero | Art Direction |
| Robert Chartoff | Producer |
| Philip Kaufman | Screenplay |
| Philip Kaufman | Director |
| Ken Pepiot | Special Effects Supervisor |
| David MacMillan | Production Sound Mixer |
| Harry Mathias | Steadicam Operator |
| Buddy Joe Hooker | Stunt Coordinator |
| George R. Nelson | Set Decoration |
| Geoffrey Kirkland | Production Design |
| Jim Poynter | Set Decoration |
| Jordan Belson | Visual Effects |
| Pat Grover | Hairstylist |
| Susan Roether | Production Secretary |