Moviefone App Coming Soon. Sign Up Now to Get Notified!

The Rear Gunner (1943)

Movie
Audience Score
52
The Rear GunnerDIRECTV logoWatch on DIRECTV
NR 26 minApr 10th, 1943Drama, 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.
StarringBurgess MeredithRonald ReaganTom Neal
DirectorRay Enright
WriterEdwin Gilbert

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:April 10th, 1943
Original Language:English
Production Companies:U.S. Army Air Forces, Warner Bros. Pictures
Movie Tags:
preserved filmpropagandamarksmanshipgunnertail gunner