
The Rear Gunner (1943)
5.2
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Apr 10, 1943 (US)
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Drama, War
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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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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)