The Rear Gunner

Name: The Rear Gunner
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1943-04-10
Duration: 26 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Burgess Meredith, Ronald Reagan, Tom Neal, Dane Clark, Jonathan Hale

5.8(5 votes)

1943

0h 26m

DramaWar

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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.