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

Recommendations

view all
The Kill Team
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Waiting for Anya
Sahara
The One That Got Away
Field of Lost Shoes
The Scarlet and the Black
The Last Rifleman
Sergeant York
Wolf Hound
Battleground
Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines
The Codes of War
King Rat
The Young Lions
Sharpe's Rifles
Story of G.I. Joe
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Bunker
The Beast