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The Rear Gunner (1943)

NA26 minDrama, War

5.2 / 10

4 votes

Budget: NARevenue: NA

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.

Directed by Ray Enright

Written by Edwin Gilbert