10 April 1943 Drama, War 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.
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Burgess Meredith as Pvt. L.A. Pee Wee Williams
Ronald Reagan as Lt. Ames
Tom Neal as Instructor Sargeant
Dane Clark as Benny
Jonathan Hale as Commanding Officer
Knox Manning as Narrator (voice)
Edwin Gilbert Writer
Ray Enright Director
Gordon Hollingshead Producer
Louis Hesse Editor
James Van Trees Director of Photography
Ted D. McCord Director of Photography
United States 10 April 1943
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03 September 1943
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31 December 1943
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City.
22 November 1943
Deerslayer, a white man who was brought up by the Mohicans, helps his old tribe when the Hurons steal Princess Wah Tah, the betrothed of his friend Jingo-Good.
30 June 1943
A colonial wife carries on an affair with a French officer, but the wife's native servant may have overheard their plan to leave Africa and return to Europe together.
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In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
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A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy.
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