| Directed by |
Philip Kaufman |
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| Screenplay by |
Philip Kaufman |
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| Cast: | ||
| Chuck Yeager | Sam Shepard | |
| Alan Shepard | Scott Glenn | |
| John Glenn | Ed Harris | |
| Gordon Cooper | Dennis Quaid | |
| Gus Grissom | Fred Ward | |
| Glennis Yeager | Barbara Hershey | |
| Pancho Barnes | Kim Stanley | |
| Betty Grissom | Veronica Cartwright | |
| Trudy Cooper | Pamela Reed | |
| Deke Slayton | Scott Paulin | |
| Scott Carpenter | Charles Frank | |
| Wally Schirra | Lance Henriksen | |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Donald Moffat | |
| Jack Ridley / Narrator | Levon Helm | |
| Annie Glenn | Mary Jo Deschanel | |
| Scott Crossfield | Scott Wilson | |
| Louise Shepard | Kathy Baker | |
| Marge Slayton | Mickey Crocker | |
| Minister | Royal Dano | |
| Liaison Man | David Clennon | |
| Air Force Major | Jim Haynie | |
| Recruiter | Jeff Goldblum | |
| Recruiter | Harry Shearer | |
| Nurse Murch | Jane Dornacker | |
| Gonzales | Anthony Munoz | |
| Head of Program | John P. Ryan | |
| Grand Designer | Edward Anhalt | |
| Henry Luce | John Dehner | |
| Aborigine | David Gulpilil | |
| Girl at Pancho's | O-Lan Jones | |
| Fred | Chuck Yeager | |
| Himself (archive footage) | Ed Sullivan | |
| José Jimenez (archive footage) | Bill Dana | |
| New Mexico Nurse in Lobby | Mimi Sarkisian | |
| Director of photography |
Caleb Deschanel |
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| Produced by |
Irwin Winkler |
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| Music composed by |
Bill Conti |
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| Edited by |
Tom Rolf Douglas Stewart Stephen A. Rotter |
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| Year: | 1983 | |
| Running time: | 193 minutes | |
| Country: | United States | |
| Language: | English Russian | |