Chuck Yeager (Sam Shepard), the first man to break the sound barrier, and the astronauts in the Mercury 7 program, including U.S. Marine John Glenn (Ed Harris) and U.S. Navy pilot Alan Shepard (Scott Glenn), rely on their exceptional skills and incomparable courage to become heroes during the early days of the US space program. Competitive and uncompromising, these pioneers blaze a trail toward the future, forming a lasting bond under the gruelling conditions of the Cold War. Directed by Philip Kaufman. With Dennis Quaid, Barbara Hershey, Veronica Cartwright and Jeff Goldblum. Categories: Politics, Adventure, Drama, History. Year: 1983.
The Right Stuff
Scott Glenn in The Right Stuff
Ed Harris in The Right Stuff
Barbara Hershey in The Right Stuff
Fred Ward and Veronica Cartwright in The Right Stuff
Ed Harris in The Right Stuff
Dennis Quaid in The Right Stuff
Jeff Goldblum in The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
Sam Shepard and Scott Glenn in The Right Stuff
Sam Shepard also appeared in Black Hawk Down, Stealth, Baby Boom, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Accidental Husband, Steel Magnolias, The Pelican Brief, Bandidas, Swordfish, and Brothers.
Scott Glenn also appeared in Courage Under Fire, Training Day, Vertical Limit, The Hunt for Red October, Journey to the End of the Night, The Silence of the Lambs, The Virgin Suicides, W., Nights in Rodanthe, and Freedom Writers.
Ed Harris also appeared in The Abyss, The Firm, The Truman Show, Radio, Eye for an Eye, A Beautiful Mind, Pollock, The Rock, Apollo 13, Gone Baby Gone, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Hours, Appaloosa, State of Grace, Cleaner, and Enemy at the Gates.
Dennis Quaid also appeared in Any Given Sunday, Wyatt Earp, Playing by Heart, Traffic, The Day After Tomorrow, Vantage Point, Smart People, American Dreamz, Yours, Mine and Ours, The Express, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Pandorum, and Legion.
Fred Ward also appeared in Escape from Alcatraz, Sweet Home Alabama, Road Trip, Management, and Armored.
Barbara Hershey also appeared in The Portrait of a Lady and Beaches.
Veronica Cartwright also appeared in The Witches of Eastwick, The Birds, The Invasion, and Alien.
Philip Kaufman also appeared in Rising Sun, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Twisted, and The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Jeff Goldblum also appeared in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Fly, Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Igby Goes Down, and Independence Day.