"In the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who will go into space."
Alex D. Linz
as Wilhelm 'Billy' von Huber
William Atherton
as Ralph Stanton
James Woods
as Dr. Wilhelm von Huber
Annabeth Gish
as Dr. Donni McGuinness
T.J. Beacom
as Ed the Bully
Austin Schwarz
as Little Kid
Tony Jay
as Narrator (voice)
Jack McGee
as Fielding
James Benson
as Gertz
Janis Benson
as Gerta
Mark Moses
as Alan Shepard
Michael Tylo
as Guidance Technician
Michael Jeffrey Woods
as Dexterity Technician
Patrick Richwood
as Dieter
Scott Thompson Baker
as Telemetry Technician
Wesley Mann
as Rudolph
William Devane
as Roger Thornhill
Joanie Fagan
as Mother on Beach
Steven H. Wilson
Writer
Sean McNamara
Director
Eric Gardner