The Rear Gunner
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.
- Year : 1943
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Drama, War
- Studio : U.S. Army Air Forces, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Keyword : propaganda, gunner, marksmanship, tail gunner, preserved film
- Director : Ray Enright
- Cast : Burgess Meredith, Ronald Reagan, Tom Neal, Dane Clark, Jonathan Hale, Knox Manning