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The Rear Gunner

52 %|Apr 10, 1943|Drama, War

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.

Featured Crew

Ray Enright
Director
Edwin Gilbert
Writer
Gordon Hollingshead
Producer
Louis Hesse
Editor
Ted D. McCord
Director of Photography
James Van Trees
Director of Photography

Cast

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Burgess Meredith
Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
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Tom Neal
Instructor Sargeant
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Jonathan Hale
Commanding Officer
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Knox Manning
Narrator (voice)