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.

• Ray EnrightDirector
• Edwin GilbertWriter

• Burgess MeredithPvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
• Ronald ReaganLt. Ames
• Tom NealInstructor Sargeant
• Dane ClarkBenny
• Jonathan HaleCommanding Officer
• Knox ManningNarrator (voice)