The Rear Gunner
Release Date: 1943-04-10
Rating : 5.2/10
Duration : 26 minutes
Genres : Drama, War
Director : Ray Enright
Writer : Edwin Gilbert
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
Ronald Reagan
Tom Neal
Dane Clark
Jonathan Hale
Knox Manning