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The Rear Gunner
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The Rear Gunner

1943
Directed byRay Enright
0h 26m

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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Burgess MeredithPvt. L.A. Pee Wee WilliamsRonald ReaganLt. AmesTom Neal
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Instructor Sargeant
Dane ClarkBenny
Jonathan HaleCommanding Officer
Knox ManningNarrator (voice)
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DramaWar
STATUSReleased
RATING
5.8

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