The Fighting Seabees (1944)
The thrilling story of America's supermen!
1944 · NR · 1h 40m · Drama, Action, War
Genres: Drama, Action, War
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).
Director: Edward Ludwig
Writers: Æneas MacKenzie, Borden Chase
Music by: Walter Scharf
Cinematography: William Bradford
Editor: Richard L. Van Enger
Budget: $2M · Rated 6.2/10 by 57 viewers
Cast
John Wayne as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge DonovanSusan Hayward as Constance ChesleyDennis O'Keefe as Lt. Cmdr. Robert YarrowWilliam Frawley as Eddie PowersLeonid Kinskey as Johnny NovaskyJ.M. Kerrigan as Sawyer CollinsGrant Withers as Whanger SprecklesPaul Fix as Ding JacobsBen Welden as Yump LumkinWilliam Forrest as Lt. Tom KerrickAddison Richards as Capt. JoyceJay Norris as Joe BrickMore like this
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