The Rear Gunner 1943
5.20/10 by 4 users
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.
- Title: The Rear Gunner
- Year: 1943
- Genre: Drama, War
- Country: United States of America
- Studio: U.S. Army Air Forces, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Director: Ray Enright
- Cast: Burgess Meredith, Ronald Reagan, Tom Neal, Dane Clark, Jonathan Hale, Knox Manning
- Crew: Edwin Gilbert (Writer), Ray Enright (Director), Gordon Hollingshead (Producer), Louis Hesse (Editor), Ted D. McCord (Director of Photography), James Van Trees (Director of Photography)
- Keyword: propaganda, gunner, marksmanship, tail gunner, preserved film
- Release: Apr 10, 1943
- Runtime: 26 minutes
- IMDb: 5.20 / 10 by 4 users
- Popularity: 4
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Language: English
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