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The Rear Gunner
Drama · 1943

The Rear Gunner

6.4 6 cast 1943

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 6

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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