The Right Stuff：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Philip Kaufman

Writing Credits

Philip Kaufman
(written for the screen by): Tom Wolfe
(based on the book by)

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
Recruiter: Harry Shearer
Recruiter: Scott Beach
Chief Scientist: Jane Dornacker
Nurse Murch: Anthony MuÃ±oz
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: 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: Edward Corbett
Texan: O-Lan Jones
Girl at Pancho's: Mark Todd
Astronaut Trainee: Allen Gebhardt
Astronaut Trainee: Chuck Yeager
Fred: Ed Sullivan
Self: Gilbert Bazan
Spectator: Alan Bendich
NYPD Patrolman: Ronnie Dee Blaire
Voiceover: Robert William Bradford
Young Man from the South: Nikolai Bulganin
Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin: Bill Dana
JosÃ© Jimenez: Dorothy Duder
Woman in Audience: Craig Elario
Self: Shawn Flanagan
Fan at Cow Palace: Yuri Gagarin
Self - Embracing Khrushchev: Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - Standing Behind JFK: John F. Kennedy
Self: Nikita Khrushchev
Self - Embracing Gagarin: Christopher Kriesa
Mission Control Room Man: Georgi Malenkov
Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin: James Mathers
Capt. Mills: Michael David McGuire
Student Pilot: Anastas Mikoyan
Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin: Randy Outzen
Reporter: Mimi Sarkisian
New Mexico Nurse in Lobby: Gregory Rae Stone
Hero Extra: Paula Telander
Party Guest: Tony Toscano
Reporter: Jim Turner
Diaper Man: Kliment Voroshilov
Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarin

Produced by

James D. Brubaker
executive producer: Robert Chartoff
producer: Irwin Winkler
producer

Music by

Bill Conti

Cinematography by

Caleb Deschanel
director of photography

Editing by

Glenn Farr
: Lisa Fruchtman
: Tom Rolf
: Stephen A. Rotter
: Douglas Stewart

Casting By

Lynn Stalmaster

Production Design by

Geoffrey Kirkland
: Gene Rudolf

Art Direction by

W. Stewart Campbell
: Richard Lawrence
(as Richard J. Lawrence): Peter R. Romero
(as Peter Romero)

Set Decoration by

George R. Nelson
: Jim Poynter
(as Pat Pending)

Makeup Department

Karen Bradley
makeup artist: Catherine Childers
hair stylist: Yvonne Curry
makeup artist (as J. Yvonne Curry): Bruce Geller
hair stylist: Pat Grover
hair stylist (as Patricia Grover)

Production Management

James D. Brubaker
production manager: Ned Kopp
production manager: additional photography: Larry Powell
unit production manager: desert and aerial unit: David Whorf
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Nancy Giebink
second assistant director: additional unit: L. Dean Jones Jr.
second assistant director: Michael Looney
additional second assistant director: Sharon Mann
additional second assistant director: Ed Milkovich
first assistant director: desert and aerial unit (as Edward F. Milkovich): Charles Myers
first assistant director (as Charles A. Myers) / first assistant director: additional unit (as Charles A. Myers)

Art Department

James R. Allen
assistant property master: Thomas Anderson
labor foreman: Peter Bankins
lead set dresser (as Peteris M. Bankins): Steve Banks
additional set dresser: Tim Boxell
storyboard artist: Alan Covey Jr.
greensman: Dale Edward Cowart
drapery foreman: Paul Dal Porto
property master: Bruce Di Valerio
construction foreman: Cal DiValerio
supervising construction coordinator (as Cal Di Valerio): Craig Edgar
set designer: Robert Evans
stand-by painter: Emily Ferry
supervising property master: Tom J. Furginson
lead set dresser (as Thomas J. Furginson): Gary Gutierrez
storyboard artist: Elizabeth Hamilton
paint coordinator: Dale Haugo
paint foreman (as Dale Halgo): Donald E. Kerns
additional set dresser: Rich Larson
storyboard artist (as Richard Larson): Joel David Lawrence
set designer: Leo Loverro
construction foreman: Rick Moore
artist: Nick Navarro
set designer (as Nicanor Navarro): Gene Rudolf
visual consultant: Don Watson
drapery supervisor: Dwight Williams
construction coordinator (as Dwight E. Williams): George Zimninsky
lead set dresser: William Boyd
construction foreman (uncredited): Scott H. Campbell
assistant art director (uncredited): Jim Fiorito
scenic artist (uncredited): Gerald Gates Jr.
paint foreman (uncredited): Tom Jung
poster designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

C.J. Appel
adr editor: Sandina Bailo-Lape
adr assistant / dialogue assistant (as Sandina Bailo): Tom Bellfort
adr assistant: Danny Benson
cable person: John Benson
sound effects editor: Mark Berger
supervising re-recording mixer: Jay Boekelheide
supervising sound editor: Todd Boekelheide
re-recording mixer: Karen Brocco
sound technician: Valerie Bryce
recordist: T.M. Christopher
sound effects assistant (as Tom Christopher): Sukey Fontelieu
sound effects assistant: Cynthia Haagens
foley assistant editor: Vivien Hillgrove
dialogue editor (as Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam): Tim Holland
sound effects editor: Richard Hymns
supervising dialogue editor: Pat Jackson
sound effects editor: Mary Helen Leasman
changes assistant: David Macmillan
production sound mixer (as David R.B. MacMillan): Michael Magill
sound effects assistant: Robert Marty
recordist: Barbara McBane
dialogue editor: Marilyn McCoppen
dialogue assistant: David Parker
location mixer / sound effects mixer: Diana Pellegrini
foley editor: Steve Powell
boom operator (as Stephen E. Powell): E. Jeane Putnam
sound apprentice (as Jeane Putnam): Fred Runner
sound apprentice: Paige Sartorius
sound apprentice: Thomas Scott
re-recording mixer (as Tom Scott): Michael Silvers
dialogue assistant: Karen Spangenberg
dialogue assistant: Stephen Sutter
re-recording mix assistant (as Stephen J. Sutter): Randy Thom
re-recording mixer: Dennie Thorpe
foley artist: Christopher Weir
sound effects assistant: Karen G. Wilson
sound effects editor (as Karen Wilson): Andy Wiskes
re-recording mixer: J. Michael Davis
sound sampler (uncredited): Richard Hymns
sound effects editor (uncredited): David Parker
sound effects recordist (uncredited) / sound recordist (uncredited): Donald C. Rogers
technical director of sound (uncredited): Ewa Sztompke
sound technician (uncredited): Clive Taylor
sound recordist (uncredited): Randy Thom
sound effects artist (uncredited) / sound effects recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Stan Parks
special effects foreman: Ken Pepiot
special effects supervisor (as Kenneth Pepiot): David Pier
special effects foreman: Rod P. Sharpe
technical engineering advisor: Hal Millar
special effects (uncredited): Joseph C. Sasgen
special effects electronics (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Terry Lynn Allen
editorial coordinator: USFX: Peter Amundson
editorial coordinator: USFX: Stewart Barbee
effects cameraman: USFX: Jordan Belson
special visual creations: Leigh Blicher
editorial coordinator: USFX: Zac Bogart
motion control systems designer: USFX: Michael Bottero
key grip: USFX: Kris Boxell
art assistant: USFX: Bill Buttfield
modelmaker: USFX: David Carothers
modelmaker: USFX: Peter Daulton
first assistant cameraman: USFX: Don Dow
effects cameraman: USFX (as Donald Dow): John V. Fante
effects cameraman: USFX: Rick Fichter
effects cameraman: USFX: Whitney Green
production manager: USFX: William Groshelle
second assistant cameraman: USFX: Gary Gutierrez
supervisor special visual effects: USFX: Peter Hadres
key grip: USFX: Bill Hansard Jr.
process coordinator (as William G. Hansard Jr.): Donald Hansard Sr.
process coordinator (as Donald R. Hansard): Toby Heindel
second assistant cameraman: USFX: H. Kent Hendricks
photographic printer: USFX: Karl Herrmann
effects cameraman: USFX: Jan M. Heyneker
chief stage technician: USFX: Jena Holman
art supervisor: USFX: Jay Ignaszewski
chief stage technician: USFX: Rick Kerrigan
production administator: USFX (as Richard Kerrigan): Greg Kimble
second assistant cameraman: USFX (as Gregory Kimble): Pete Kleinow
modelmaker: USFX (as Peter Kleinow): Dan Kuhn
key grip: USFX: Michael Lawler
effects cameraman: USFX: Frank Morelli
chief model designer: USFX: Deborah Morgan
second assistant cameraman: USFX: Thaine Morris
pyrotechnician: USFX: Earle Murphy
model shop supervisor: USFX: Bill Neil
effects cameraman: USFX (as William Neil): Jenny Oznowicz
editorial apprentice: USFX: Diana Pellegrini
editorial coordinator: USFX: Rick Perkins
mechanical designer: USFX: Gary Platek
technical researcher: USFX: Bruce Richardson
modelmaker: USFX: Lawrence G. Robinson
process supervisor: Martin Rosenberg
first assistant cameraman: USFX: Tom Rudduck
modelmaker: USFX: John Rynn
computer programmer: USFX: David Shwartz
modelmaker: USFX: Mark Stetson
chief model designer: USFX: Gordon Stout
engineering consultant: USFX: Chris Strohmeyer
key grip: USFX: Zuzana Swansea
modelmaker: USFX: Pat Turner
first assistant cameraman: USFX (as Patrick Turner): Christine Whitney
assistant production administrator: USFX: Thomas Baker
main title graphics (uncredited): Bob Diepenbrock
visual effects (uncredited): Ira Keeler
model maker (uncredited): Susan Turner
visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts

Rande DeLuca
parachute stunts: Buddy Joe Hooker
stunt coordinator: Clay Lacy
stunt pilot: Phil Pastuhov
parachute stunts: Art Scholl
stunt pilot (as Arthur Scholl): Joseph Leonard Svec
parachute stunts: B.J. Worth
parachute stunts: Buddy Joe Hooker
stunt double: riding: Sam Shepard (uncredited): Joseph Leonard Svec
parachuting stunt double: Sam Shepard (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Elizabeth Bailey
video assistant: Jim Beebe
aerial photographer: Maurice Beesley
electrician: Gary M. Brickley
grip: Hugh Byrne
best boy grip (as Hugh C. Byrne Jr.): Steve Cardellini
grip (as Steven L. Cardellini): Dave Childers
electrician (as David O. Childers): Ted Churchill
steadicam operator: Ray De La Motte
additional camera operator: Craig Denault
camera operator: Alan R. Disler
first assistant camera (as Alan Disler): Stephen J. Gardner
best boy: Jeff Gershman
assistant camera: desert (as Jeffrey Gershman): Gary Gill
grip (as Girard A. Gill Jr.): Jeff Gilliam
gaffer (as Jeffrey Gilliam): Ron Grover
still photographer: Jon Guterres
key grip (as Jonathan Guterres): Gary Holt
supervising gaffer: Brad Jerrell
electrician (as Brad L. Jerrell): Louis Mahler
video technician (as Louis E. Mahler): Harry Mathias
Steadicam operator: Stan McClain
assistant camera: aerial unit: Nick McLean
additional camera operator: Paul Murphey
video operator (as Paul Jay Murphy): Hiro Narita
additional camera operator: Dennis Pope
best boy grip: Medel Ramos
electrician: Art Scholl
aerial photographer: Tom Sindicich
grip (as Thomas Sindicich): Chris Squires
second assistant camera (as Christopher Squires): Bill Bennett
aerial camera operator (uncredited): Mark Ludwig
second assistant camera (uncredited): Michael Maley
electrician (uncredited): Tony Rivetti
first assistant camera: additional first assistant (uncredited): Skip Stanyan
electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

Ann Brebner
additional casting: San Francisco: Patricia de Oliveira
casting assistant: Gail Eisenstadt
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

William Browder
costumer: Winnie D. Brown
costumer: women (as Winnie Brown): Jill Maley
costumer: Monique Montgomery
promotion wardrobe coordinator: John Napolitano
costumer: James W. Tyson
costume supervisor (as Jim Tyson)

Editorial Department

Donah Bassett
negative cutter: Louis Benioff
first assistant editor: Susanna Blaustein
apprentice editor: Nicole Boris
editorial assistant: David Dresher
apprentice editor: Jack Garsha
color timer: Cliff Latimer
apprentice editor (as Clifford Latimer): Victor Livingston
first assistant editor: John Morris
apprentice editor: Sara Roberts
assistant editor: Bob Sarles
apprentice editor: Frank Simeone
apprentice editor (as Franklin Simeone): John Teton
editorial consultant: Jeff Watts
assistant editor: Jenny Weyman-Cockle
assistant editor (as Jennifer Weyman-Cockle): Robert Yano
apprentice editor: William Chartoff
apprentice editor (uncredited)

Location Management

Steph Benseman
additional locations (as Stephen S. Benseman): Rory Enke
additional locations: Michael Polaire
location manager: Patrick Ranahan
additional locations: Ken Freeze
location consultant (uncredited)

Music Department

Todd Boekelheide
additional music by: Susan R. Crutcher
source music editor (as Susan Crutcher): Vivien Hillgrove
source music editor (as Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam): Stephen A. Hope
music editor: Garth Hudson
composer: additional music: Forrest Patten
music researcher (as Forrest O. Patten): Dan Wallin
scoring mixer: Robert Adcock
musician: cello (uncredited): Rick Baptist
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Arnold Belnick
musician: violin (uncredited): John Bilezikjian
musician: guitar (uncredited): Harry Bluestone
musician: violin (uncredited): Michael Boddicker
musician: synthesizer (uncredited): Charles Boito
musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): Tom Boyd
musician: oboe soloist (uncredited): Jacqueline Brand
musician: violin (uncredited): Dennis Budimir
musician: guitar (uncredited): Denyse Buffum
musician: viola (uncredited): Larry Bunker
musician: percussion (uncredited): Stuart Canin
concertmaster (uncredited): Norman Carr
musician: violin (uncredited): Paul Castillo
musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): Gene Cipriano
musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): Ron Clark
musician: violin (uncredited): Bill Conti
composer: source music (uncredited) / conductor (uncredited) / music arranger (uncredited) / music producer (uncredited): Ronald Cooper
musician: cello (uncredited): Don Cristlieb
musician: bassoon (uncredited): Franklyn d'Antonio
musician: violin (uncredited): Vince De Rosa
musician: french horn (uncredited): Bob DiVall
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Chuck Domanico
musician: double bass (uncredited): Bonnie Jean Douglas
musician: violin (uncredited): David Duke
musician: french horn (uncredited): Steve Edelman
musician: double bass (uncredited): Arni Egilsson
musician: double bass (uncredited): Alan Estes
musician: percussion (uncredited): Dominick Fera
musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): Bob Findley
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Ron Folsom
musician: violin (uncredited): Pam Gates
musician: violin (uncredited): James Getzoff
musician: violin (uncredited): Harris Goldman
musician: violin (uncredited): Pamela Goldsmith
musician: viola (uncredited): Endre Granat
musician: violin (uncredited): Gary Gray
musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): Susan Greenberg
musician: flute (uncredited): Ralph Grierson
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Alan Harshman
musician: viola (uncredited): Clayton Haslop
musician: violin (uncredited): Nelson Hatt
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Richard Hazard
orchestrator (uncredited): Norman Herzburg
musician: bassoon (uncredited): Kevin Hiatt
music copyist (uncredited): Paula Hochhalter
musician: cello (uncredited): The Hollywood Studio Symphony
music performed by (uncredited): Garth Hudson
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Tommy Johnson
musician: tuba (uncredited): Anatol Kaminsky
musician: violin (uncredited): Jim Kanter
musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): Armand Kaproff
musician: cello (uncredited): Dennis Karmazyn
musician: cello (uncredited): Roland Kato
musician: viola (uncredited): Milton Kestenbaum
musician: double bass (uncredited): Myra Kestenbaum
musician: viola (uncredited): Katie Kirkpatrick
musician: harp (uncredited): Connie Kupka
musician: violin (uncredited): Michael Lang
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Ronny Lang
musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): Ron Leonard
musician: cello (uncredited): Gayle Levant
musician: harp (uncredited): Peter Limonick
musician: percussion (uncredited): David Lindley
musician: guitar (uncredited): Charlie Loper
musician: trombone (uncredited): Warren Luening
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Earl Madison
musician: cello (uncredited): Arthur Maebe
musician: french horn (uncredited): Loren Marsteller
musician: trombone (uncredited): Tim May
musician: guitar (uncredited): Lincoln Mayorga
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Lew McCreary
musician: trombone (uncredited): David McKelvey
musician: harmonica (uncredited): Malcolm McNab
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Ed Meares
musician: double bass (uncredited): Michael Melvoin
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Peter Mercurio
musician: double bass (uncredited): Tommy Morgan
musician: harmonica (uncredited): Angela Morley
orchestrator (uncredited): Victor Morosco
musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): Carole Mukagawa
musician: viola (uncredited): Richard Nash
musician: trombone (uncredited): Buell Neidlinger
musician: double bass (uncredited): Barbara Northcutt
musician: oboe (uncredited) / musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): Mike Nowak
musician: viola (uncredited): Michael O'Donovan
musician: bassoon (uncredited): Sid Page
musician: violin (uncredited): Richard Perissi
musician: french horn (uncredited): Joe Porcaro
musician: percussion (uncredited): Sue Ranney
musician: double bass (uncredited): Joseph Reilich
musician: viola (uncredited): Dorothy Remsen
musician: harp (uncredited): Red Rhodes
musician: guitar (uncredited): Emil Richards
musician: percussion (uncredited): David Riddles
musician: bassoon (uncredited): George Roberts
musician: trombone (uncredited): Gale Robinson
musician: french horn (uncredited): Peter Manning Robinson
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Geraldine Rotella
musician: flute (uncredited): Steve Schaeffer
musician: percussion (uncredited): David Schwartz
musician: viola (uncredited): Jim Self
musician: tuba (uncredited): Sid Sharp
musician: violin (uncredited): Thomas Z. Shepard
musician: trombone (uncredited): Paul Shure
musician: violin (uncredited): Henry Sigismonti
musician: french horn (uncredited): Julian Spear
musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): David Speltz
musician: cello (uncredited): Sheridon Stokes
musician: flute (uncredited): Linn Subotnick
musician: viola (uncredited): Chet Swiatkowsky
musician: keyboards (uncredited): Vicki Sylvester
musician: violin (uncredited): Tommy Tedesco
musician: guitar (uncredited): Tony Terran
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Milton Thomas
musician: viola (uncredited): Mari Tsumura
musician: violin (uncredited): Louise Di Tullio
musician: flute (uncredited): Lloyd Ulyate
musician: trombone (uncredited): Ian Underwood
musician: keyboards (uncredited): James Walker
musician: flute (uncredited): Miwako Watanabe
musician: violin (uncredited): Ken Watson
musician: percussion (uncredited): Ernie Watts
musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): Celia Weiner
music editor (uncredited): Chauncey Welsch
musician: trombone (uncredited): Ralph Williams
musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): John Winter
musician: saxophone, clarinet (uncredited): Graham Young
musician: trumpet (uncredited): Tibor Zelig
musician: violin (uncredited): Bob Zimmitti
musician: percussion (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Alice Tompkins
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Ed Arter
transportation co-captain: Russell McEntyre
transportation coordinator: Bruce Richardson
transportation captain: Dan Riportella
transportation captain (as Danny Riportella): Ed Wirth
transportation co-captain

Additional Crew

Don Aites
military liaison officer: USCG (as Capt. Don Aites): Joey Bacow
production assistant: Ted Bear
historical research: Dale Benson
promotion consultant: Karen Bergman
stock footage researcher: Lynne Birdt
assistant production accountant: Gloria S. Borders
stock footage researcher (as Gloria Borders): Kevin Breslin
production assistant: Dell Byrne
stock footage researcher: Christine Claycombe-Brooks
crowd promotion coordinator: Martha Cohen
production assistant: Janet Crosby
assistant: Mr. Winkler: Dan Curry
title designer: Patricia de Oliveira
assistant: Mr. Kaufman: Robert Evans Lowy
production assistant: Jonathan Fairbanks
production assistant: Karen Frerichs
assistant: Mr. Kaufman: Tom Gray
unit publicist: Royce Grones
military liaison officer: USAF (as Maj. Royce Grones): Richard P. Hallion
historical research (as Dr. Richard P. Hallion): Larry Heflin
stock footage researcher: Diane Jackson
production secretary: Peter Kaufman
assistant: Mr. Kaufman: Howard Kosters
military liaison officer: USAF (as Lt. Col. Howard Kosters): Alan Ladd Jr.
presenter: Nancy LaLuntas
military liaison officer: USMC (as Capt. Nancy LaLuntas): Pixie Larson
military liaison officer: USN (as Lt. Pixie Larson): JoAnn May-Pavey
production coordinator (as Jo Ann May-Pavey): Michael O'Donnell
craft service: Nancy Olexo
historical research (as Nancy Oleko): Barbara Parker
assistant: Mr. Kaufman: Susan Roether
production secretary: Art Schaefer
production accountant: Lori Sussman
assistant: Mr. Chartoff: Heinrich Thueringer
military liaison officer: German Air Force (as Lt. Col. Heinrich Thueringer): Dave Wagner
military liaison officer: USA (as Lt. Col. Dave Wagner): Diana Wells
production secretary: Duncan Wilmore
technical advisor: Chuck Yeager
technical consultant (as Gen. General Charles E. 'Chuck' Yeager): Bill Casale
researcher (uncredited): Peter Greenwood
australian footage consultant (uncredited): Wayne Klein
security officer (uncredited): Bill McCamey
stage set constructor (uncredited): Lillian Michelson
researcher (uncredited)

Thanks

Arthur Baliantz
special thanks: Walter Murch
special thanks: Wallis Nicita
special thanks (as Wally Nicita)