Movie: The Rear Gunner

Top 6 Billed Cast

Burgess Meredith
Burgess Meredith

Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan

Lt. Ames

Tom Neal
Tom Neal

Instructor Sargeant

Dane Clark
Dane Clark

Benny

Jonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale

Commanding Officer

Knox Manning
Knox Manning

Narrator (voice)

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    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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    1943-04-10

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    5.2

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