Movielogr
The Rear Gunner (1943)
Directed by Ray Enright
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.
Length 26 minutes
Actors
Burgess Meredith | Ronald Reagan | Tom Neal | Dane Clark | Jonathan Hale | Knox Manning