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The Rear Gunner
1943 Directed by Ray EnrightDocumentary-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.
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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)
Director
...........................................................Ray Enright
Producer
...........................................................Gordon Hollingshead
Writer
...........................................................Edwin Gilbert
Editor
...........................................................Louis Hesse
Director of Photography
...........................................................James Van Trees
Ted D. McCord
Production Companies
...................................................U.S. Army Air Forces
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Drama
War
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