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 .... Capt. 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 (as James M. Brady)
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 Eschelman .... Assistant Scientist
Robert J. Geary .... Game Show M.C.
Royce Grones .... 1st X-1 Pilot (as Major Royce Grones)
David Gulpilil .... Aborigine
Anthony Wallis .... Australian Driver (as Anthony Wallace)
Kaaren Lee .... Young Widow
Sandy Kronemeyer .... Cocoa Beach Girl
Frankie Di .... Cocoa Beach Girl
Michael Pritchard .... Texan
Ed Corbett .... Texan
O-Lan Jones .... Pretty Girl (as O-Lan Shepard)
Mark Todd .... Astronaut Trainee
Allen Gebhardt .... Astronaut Trainee (as Alan Gebhart)
Chuck Yeager .... Fred (as General Chuck Yeager)
Nikolai Bulganin .... Himself (views parade for Gagarin) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bill Dana .... Jose Jimenez (uncredited)
Yuri Gagarin .... Himself (embraces Khrushchev) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lyndon Johnson .... Himself (behind JFK) (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy .... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nikita Khrushchev .... Himself (embraces Gagarin) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Georgi Malenkov .... Himself (views parade for Gagarin) (archive footage) (uncredited)
James Mathers .... Capt. Mills (uncredited)
Anastas Mikoyan .... Himself (views parade for Gagarin) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mimi Sarkisian .... Nurse in lobby (new mexico) (uncredited)
Ed Sullivan .... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Toscano .... Reporter (uncredited)
Kliment Voroshilov .... Himself (views parade for Gagarin) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tom Wolfe's book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it. Thrilling, funny, charming and electrifying all at once.

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