The Rear Gunner

The Rear Gunner (1943)

6.4 26 min Movie
DramaWar

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.

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Cast

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

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