The Rear Gunner

Name: The Rear Gunner
Released: 1943-04-10

1943· 0h 26m· 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.

1943-04-10

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Key Crew

DirectorRay Enright

WriterEdwin Gilbert

ProducerGordon Hollingshead

Director of PhotographyJames Van Trees

EditorLouis Hesse

Full cast & crew (6 cast · 6 crew)

Details

Released1943-04-10

Runtime0h 26m

StatusReleased

StudiosU.S. Army Air Forces · Warner Bros. Pictures

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating6.3/10 · 6 votes

Original languageen

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