The Rear Gunner (1943)
1943 · 0h 26m · Drama, War
Genres: Drama, War
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.
Director: Ray Enright
Writers: Edwin Gilbert
Cinematography: Ted D. McCord, James Van Trees
Editor: Louis Hesse
Cast
Burgess Meredith as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee WilliamsRonald Reagan as Lt. AmesTom Neal as Instructor SargeantDane Clark as BennyJonathan Hale as Commanding OfficerKnox Manning as Narrator (voice)More like this
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