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The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff
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1983
 193 minutes (3 hrs 13 mins)

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

Philip Kaufman

Starring

Sam Shepard · Scott Glenn · Ed Harris · Dennis Quaid · Fred Ward · Barbara Hershey

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 17th February 1984
Canada release date Canada release: 21st October 1983
Argentina release date Argentina release: 22nd December 1983

Box Office Quickview

UK box office

  • Debut box office: 2nd Mar '84
  • Debut position: 1
  • Highest position: 1
  • Debut gross: £203.4 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 10

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 21st Oct '83
  • Debut position: 7
  • Highest position: 6
  • Debut gross: $1.6 Million
  • Total chart weeks: 12

Chart position history

UK box office

2 Mar, 1984
1
9 Mar, 1984
1
16 Mar, 1984
2
23 Mar, 1984
4
30 Mar, 1984
5
6 Apr, 1984
5
13 Apr, 1984
8
20 Apr, 1984
9
27 Apr, 1984
9
4 May, 1984
9

US box office

21 Oct, 1983
7
28 Oct, 1983
6
4 Nov, 1983
7
11 Nov, 1983
7
18 Nov, 1983
11
25 Nov, 1983
9
2 Dec, 1983
11
9 Dec, 1983
12
17 Feb, 1984
10
24 Feb, 1984
6
2 Mar, 1984
10

Global box office

Certificates


15 age rating
US
PG

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £549.3 Thousand
US total gross
United States Flag  $20.4 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Directed By

Director
Role
Philip Kaufman
Directed By

Starring

Actor
Character
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
Kathy Baker
Louise Shepard
Mickey Crocker
Marge Slayton
Susan Kase
Rene Carpenter
Mittie Smith
Jo Schirra
Royal Dano
Minister
David Clennon
Liaison Man
Jim Haynie
Air Force Major
Jeff Goldblum
Recruiter
Harry Shearer
Recruiter
Scott Beach
Chief Scientist
Jane Dornacker
Nurse Murch
Anthony Munoz
Gonzales
John P. Ryan
Head of Program
Darryl Henriques
Life Reporter
Eric Sevareid
Eric Sevareid
William Russ
Slick Goodlin
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
John X. Heart
The Permanent Press Corps
Ed Holmes
The Permanent Press Corps
Jack Bruno Tate
The Permanent Press Corps
Edward Anhalt
Grand Designer
Mary Apick
Woman Reporter
Robert Beer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Erik Bergmann
Eddie Hodges
James Brady
Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson
Katherine Conklin
Woman TV Reporter
Maureen Coyne
Waitress
Tom Dahlgren
Bell Aircraft Executive
John Lion
Bell Aircraft Executive
Peggy Davis
Sally Rand
John Dehner
Henry Luce
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
Anthony Wallis
Australian Driver
Kaaren Lee
Young Widow
Sandy Kronemeyer
Cocoa Beach Girl
Frankie Di
Cocoa Beach Girl
Michael Pritchard
Texan
Ed Corbett
Texan
O-Lan Jones
Girl at Pancho's
Mark Todd
Astronaut Trainee
Allen Gebhardt
Astronaut Trainee
Chuck Yeager
Fred
Ed Sullivan
Self
Gilbert Bazan
Spectator
Alan Bendich
NYPD Patrolman
Ronnie Dee Blaire
Voiceover
Nikolai Bulganin
Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin
Bill Dana
Jose Jimenez
Craig Elario
Self
Shawn Flanagan
Fan at Cow Palace
Yuri Gagarin
Self - Embracing Khrushchev
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - Standing Behind JFK
John F. Kennedy
Self
Nikita Khrushchev
Self - Embracing Gagarin
Christopher Kriesa
Mission Control Room Man
Georgi Malenkov
Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin
James Mathers
Capt. Mills
Anastas Mikoyan
Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin
Randy Outzen
Reporter
Mimi Sarkisian
New Mexico Nurse in Lobby
Gregory Rae Stone
Hero Extra
Paula Telander
Party Guest
Tony Toscano
Reporter
Kliment Voroshilov
Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin