100824
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The Rear Gunner

1943-04-10
5.2
en 26m
DramaWar
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.

Writer

Edwin Gilbert

Director

Ray Enright

Producer

Gordon Hollingshead

Editor

Louis Hesse

Director of Photography

James Van Trees

Director of Photography

Ted D. McCord

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • U.S. Army Air Forces
  • Warner Bros. Pictures