The Rear Gunner

26 mins
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.

Burgess Meredith

Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams

Tom Neal

Instructor Sargeant

Jonathan Hale

Commanding Officer

Knox Manning

Narrator (voice)

Ray Enright

Director

Ted D. McCord

Director of Photography

James Van Trees

Director of Photography

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