The Rear Gunner
1943 | 26m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Ray Enright |
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| Writer: | Edwin Gilbert |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 10, 1943 |
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| Director: | Ray Enright |
| Writer: | Edwin Gilbert |
| Genres: | Drama, War |
| Keywords | propaganda, gunner, marksmanship, tail gunner |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, U.S. Army Air Forces |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Burgess Meredith | Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams |
| Ronald Reagan | Lt. Ames |
| Tom Neal | Instructor Sargeant |
| Dane Clark | Benny |
| Jonathan Hale | Commanding Officer |
| Knox Manning | Narrator (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ray Enright | Director |
| James Van Trees | Director of Photography |
| Edwin Gilbert | Writer |
| Ted D. McCord | Director of Photography |
| Louis Hesse | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Gordon Hollingshead | Producer |
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