The Rear Gunner

194326 min6.4English

Directed by

Ray Enright

Synopsis

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 and Crew

Cast: Burgess Meredith, Ronald Reagan, Tom Neal, Dane Clark, Jonathan Hale, Knox Manning

Writer: Edwin Gilbert (Writer)

Cinematographer: James Van Trees, Ted D. McCord

Editor: Louis Hesse

Producer: Gordon Hollingshead

Production: U.S. Army Air Forces, Warner Bros. Pictures

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