Drama / History / Adventure /

Score: 74.3%( 913 votes )

Overview: As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings forth momentous challenges.

Cast:

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
NASA Recruiter

Harry Shearer
NASA Recruiter

Scott Beach
Chief Scientist

Jane Dornacker
Nurse Murch

Anthony Munoz
Gonzales

John P. Ryan
Head of Program

Darryl Henriques
Life Reporter

Eric Sevareid
Himself

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

Mimi Sarkisian
New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)