Filmmakers
Above the linePK
Director
Philip Kaufman
PK
Screenplay
Philip Kaufman
CD
Cinematography
Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography
LF
Editing
Lisa Fruchtman
Editor
TR
Editing
Tom Rolf
Editor
GF
Editing
Glenn Farr
Editor
SR
Editing
Stephen A. Rotter
Editor
DS
Editing
Douglas Stewart
Editor
BC
Music
Bill Conti
Original Music Composer
GK
Production Design
Geoffrey Kirkland
Cast
66SS
Sam Shepard
Chuck Yeager
SG
Scott Glenn
Alan Shepard
EH
Ed Harris
John Glenn
DQ
Dennis Quaid
Gordon Cooper
FW
Fred Ward
Gus Grissom
BH
Barbara Hershey
Glennis Yeager
KS
Kim Stanley
Pancho Barnes
VC
Veronica Cartwright
Betty Grissom
PR
Pamela Reed
Trudy Cooper
SP
Scott Paulin
Deke Slayton
CF
Charles Frank
Scott Carpenter
LH
Lance Henriksen
Wally Schirra
DM
Donald Moffat
Lyndon B. Johnson
LH
Levon Helm
Jack Ridley / Narrator
MD
Mary Jo Deschanel
Annie Glenn
SW
Scott Wilson
Scott Crossfield
KB
Kathy Baker
Louise Shepard
MC
Mickey Crocker
Marge Slayton
SK
Susan Kase
Rene Carpenter
MS
Mittie Smith
Jo Schirra
RD
Royal Dano
Minister
DC
David Clennon
Liaison Man
JH
Jim Haynie
Air Force Major
JG
Jeff Goldblum
NASA Recruiter
HS
Harry Shearer
NASA Recruiter
SB
Scott Beach
Chief Scientist
JD
Jane Dornacker
Nurse Murch
AM
Anthony Munoz
Gonzales
JR
John P. Ryan
Head of Program
DH
Darryl Henriques
Life Reporter
ES
Eric Sevareid
Himself
WR
William Russ
Slick Goodlin
DL
Drew Letchworth
The Permanent Press Corps
CB
Christopher P. Beale
The Permanent Press Corps
RD
Richard Dupell
The Permanent Press Corps
WH
William Hall
The Permanent Press Corps
JH
John X. Heart
The Permanent Press Corps
EH
Ed Holmes
The Permanent Press Corps
JT
Jack Bruno Tate
The Permanent Press Corps
EA
Edward Anhalt
Grand Designer
MA
Mary Apick
Woman Reporter
RB
Robert Beer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
EB
Erik Bergmann
Eddie Hodges
JB
James Brady
Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson
KC
Katherine Conklin
Woman TV Reporter
MC
Maureen Coyne
Waitress
TD
Tom Dahlgren
Bell Aircraft Executive
JL
John Lion
Bell Aircraft Executive
PD
Peggy Davis
Sally Rand
JD
John Dehner
Henry Luce
RE
Robert Elross
Review Board President
DE
Drew Eshelman
Assistant Scientist
RG
Robert J. Geary
Game Show M.C.
RG
Royce Grones
1st X-1 Pilot
DG
David Gulpilil
Aborigine
AW
Anthony Wallis
Australian Driver
KL
Kaaren Lee
Young Widow
SK
Sandy Kronemeyer
Cocoa Beach Girl
FD
Frankie Di
Cocoa Beach Girl
MP
Michael Pritchard
Texan
EC
Edward Corbett
Texan
OJ
O-Lan Jones
Girl at Pancho's
MT
Mark Todd
Astronaut Trainee
AG
Allen Gebhardt
Astronaut Trainee
CY
Chuck Yeager
Fred
MS
Mimi Sarkisian
New Mexico Nurse in Lobby (uncredited)
Departments
34Production
- Lynn StalmasterCasting
- James D. BrubakerExecutive Producer
- Irwin WinklerProducer
- Robert ChartoffProducer
- Susan RoetherProduction Secretary
Camera
- Harry MathiasSteadicam Operator
- Ted ChurchillSteadicam Operator
Sound
- David MacMillanProduction Sound Mixer
- Richard HymnsSound Effects Editor
- Pat JacksonSound Effects Editor
- Karen G. WilsonSound Effects Editor
- John BensonSound Effects Editor
- Tim HollandSound Effects Editor
- Andy WiskesSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Randy ThomSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Mark BergerSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Todd BoekelheideSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Thomas ScottSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Jay BoekelheideSupervising Sound Editor
Art
- Richard LawrenceArt Direction
- Peter R. RomeroArt Direction
- W. Stewart CampbellArt Direction
- George R. NelsonSet Decoration
- Jim PoynterSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Bruce GellerHairstylist
- Catherine ChildersHairstylist
- Pat GroverHairstylist
- Karen BradleyMakeup Artist
- Yvonne CurryMakeup Artist
Visual Effects
- Ken PepiotSpecial Effects Supervisor
- Jordan BelsonVisual Effects
Crew
- Buddy Joe HookerStunt Coordinator
Writing
- Tom WolfeNovel
Directing
- Alice TompkinsScript Supervisor