Title The Right Stuff Overview A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilots Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter and Wally Schirra. Tagline How the future began. Genres Drama, History Keywords cold war, pilot, space travel, politics, historical figure, flight, astronaut, space race, sound barrier Production Companies Warner Bros., The Ladd Company Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English, Pусский Original Language en Runtime minutes 193 Release Year 1983
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 22 million USD