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The Rear Gunner (1943)

5.2 | Apr 10, 1943 (US) | Drama, War | 00:26

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