The Rear Gunner
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.
- Year: 1943
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, War
- Studio: U.S. Army Air Forces, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Keyword: propaganda, gunner, marksmanship, tail gunner, preserved film
- Director: Ray Enright
- Cast: Burgess Meredith, Ronald Reagan, Tom Neal, Dane Clark, Jonathan Hale, Knox Manning