Cast 66

1. 

   Sam Shepard

   Chuck Yeager

2. 

   Scott Glenn

   Alan Shepard

3. 

   Ed Harris

   John Glenn

4. 

   Dennis Quaid

   Gordon Cooper

5. 

   Fred Ward

   Gus Grissom

6. 

   Barbara Hershey

   Glennis Yeager

7. 

   Kim Stanley

   Pancho Barnes

8. 

   Veronica Cartwright

   Betty Grissom

9. 

   Pamela Reed

   Trudy Cooper

10. 

    Scott Paulin

    Deke Slayton

11. 

    Charles Frank

    Scott Carpenter

12. 

    Lance Henriksen

    Wally Schirra

13. 

    Donald Moffat

    Lyndon B. Johnson

14. 

    Levon Helm

    Jack Ridley / Narrator

15. 

    Mary Jo Deschanel

    Annie Glenn

16. 

    Scott Wilson

    Scott Crossfield

17. 

    Kathy Baker

    Louise Shepard

18. Mickey Crocker

    Marge Slayton

19. Susan Kase

    Rene Carpenter

20. Mittie Smith

    Jo Schirra

21. 

    Royal Dano

    Minister

22. 

    David Clennon

    Liaison Man

23. 

    Jim Haynie

    Air Force Major

24. 

    Jeff Goldblum

    NASA Recruiter

25. 

    Harry Shearer

    NASA Recruiter

26. 

    Scott Beach

    Chief Scientist

27. Jane Dornacker

    Nurse Murch

28. Anthony Munoz

    Gonzales

29. 

    John P. Ryan

    Head of Program

30. 

    Darryl Henriques

    Life Reporter

31. 

    Eric Sevareid

    Himself

32. 

    William Russ

    Slick Goodlin

33. Drew Letchworth

    The Permanent Press Corps

34. Christopher P. Beale

    The Permanent Press Corps

35. Richard Dupell

    The Permanent Press Corps

36. 

    William Hall

    The Permanent Press Corps

37. John X. Heart

    The Permanent Press Corps

38. Ed Holmes

    The Permanent Press Corps

39. Jack Bruno Tate

    The Permanent Press Corps

40. 

    Edward Anhalt

    Grand Designer

41. 

    Mary Apick

    Woman Reporter

42. Robert Beer

    Dwight D. Eisenhower

43. Erik Bergmann

    Eddie Hodges

44. James Brady

    Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson

45. Katherine Conklin

    Woman TV Reporter

46. Maureen Coyne

    Waitress

47. 

    Tom Dahlgren

    Bell Aircraft Executive

48. John Lion

    Bell Aircraft Executive

49. Peggy Davis

    Sally Rand

50. 

    John Dehner

    Henry Luce

51. Robert Elross

    Review Board President

52. Drew Eshelman

    Assistant Scientist

53. Robert J. Geary

    Game Show M.C.

54. Royce Grones

    1st X-1 Pilot

55. 

    David Gulpilil

    Aborigine

56. Anthony Wallis

    Australian Driver

57. Kaaren Lee

    Young Widow

58. Sandy Kronemeyer

    Cocoa Beach Girl

59. Frankie Di

    Cocoa Beach Girl

60. 

    Michael Pritchard

    Texan

61. Ed Corbett

    Texan

62. 

    O-Lan Jones

    Girl at Pancho's

63. Mark Todd

    Astronaut Trainee

64. Allen Gebhardt

    Astronaut Trainee

65. 

    Chuck Yeager

    Fred

66. 

    Mimi Sarkisian

    New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)

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