The Rear Gunner

26min

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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Production Companies

U.S. Army Air Forces

Warner Bros. Pictures

Cast

Burgess Meredith

Burgess Meredith

Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
Tom Neal

Tom Neal

Instructor Sargeant
Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Commanding Officer
Knox Manning

Knox Manning

Narrator (voice)

Release date

10th Apr 1943

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English