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The Rear Gunner

The Rear Gunner

Ray Enright

1943

  • Drama
  • War
6.4

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 & crew

  • Ray EnrightDirector
  • Burgess MeredithPvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
  • Ronald ReaganLt. Ames
  • Tom NealInstructor Sargeant
  • Dane ClarkBenny
  • Jonathan HaleCommanding Officer
  • Knox ManningNarrator (voice)

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