The Rear Gunner

26m
DramaWar
5.8

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.

Cast

Burgess Meredith
Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
Ronald Reagan
Lt. Ames
Tom Neal
Instructor Sargeant
Dane Clark
Benny
Jonathan Hale
Commanding Officer
Knox Manning
Narrator (voice)

Crew

Ray Enright
Director
Edwin Gilbert
Writer
Louis Hesse
Editor
James Van Trees
Director of Photography
Ted D. McCord
Director of Photography
Gordon Hollingshead
Producer

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