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, Wally Schirra, and Gordon Cooper.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History Actors: Allen Gebhardt, Anthony Munoz, Anthony Wallis, Barbara Hershey, Charles Frank, Christopher P. Beale, Chuck Yeager, Darryl Henriques, David Clennon, David Gulpilil, Dennis Quaid, Donald Moffat, Drew Eshelman, Drew Letchworth, Ed Corbett, Ed Harris, Ed Holmes, Edward Anhalt, Eric Sevareid, Erik Bergmann, Frankie Di, Fred Ward, Harry Shearer, Jack Bruno Tate, James Brady, Jane Dornacker, Jeff Goldblum, Jim Haynie, John Dehner, John Lion, John P. Ryan, John X. Heart, Kaaren Lee, Katherine Conklin, Kathy Baker, Kim Stanley, Lance Henriksen, Levon Helm, Mark Todd, Mary Apick, Mary Jo Deschanel, Maureen Coyne, Michael Pritchard, Mickey Crocker, Mimi Sarkisian, Mittie Smith, O-Lan Jones, Pamela Reed, Peggy Davis, Richard Dupell, Robert Beer, Robert Elross, Robert J. Geary, Royal Dano, Royce Grones, Sam Shepard, Sandy Kronemeyer, Scott Beach, Scott Glenn, Scott Paulin, Scott Wilson, Susan Kase, Tom Dahlgren, Veronica Cartwright, William Hall, William Russ Directors: Philip Kaufman Production: The Ladd Company
