The Rear Gunner
The Rear Gunner

The Rear Gunner

1943-04-10 | 26 min

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

Cast

Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Tom Neal

Tom Neal

Dane Clark

Dane Clark

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Knox Manning

Knox Manning

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