The Fighting Seabees (1944)

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Released:
1944-01-27

Overview:
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.

Director:
Edward Ludwig

Runtime:
1h 40min

Genre:
Drama, Action, War

  • Cast:
  • John Wayne
    as
    Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
  • Susan Hayward
    as
    Constance Chesley
  • Dennis O'Keefe
    as
    Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
  • William Frawley
    as
    Eddie Powers
  • Leonid Kinskey
    as
    Johnny Novasky