The Rear Gunner

Apr 10, 1943

0h 26m

★ 5.2

Overview

Documentary-style drama on training of aerial rear gunners in World War II. Private PeeWee Williams, a Kansas farm boy, transforms his home-grown shooting skills into those necessary to an aerial gunner in the tail turret of an American bomber. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

U.S. Army Air Forces

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

Burgess Meredith

Lt. Ames

Ronald Reagan

Instructor Sargeant

Tom Neal

Benny

Dane Clark

Commanding Officer

Jonathan Hale

Narrator (voice)

Knox Manning

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