Film
The Rear Gunner
1943 · 26m · Drama · War
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- 5.8
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Overview
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 EnrightDirector
- Edwin GilbertWriter
- Gordon HollingsheadProducer
- Ted D. McCordDirector of Photography
- James Van TreesDirector of Photography
- Louis HesseEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- April 10, 1943
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 26m
- Genres
- Drama, War
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