The Fighting Seabees (1944)
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
John Wayne
Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
Susan Hayward
Constance Chesley
Dennis O'Keefe
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
William Frawley
Eddie Powers
Leonid Kinskey
Johnny Novasky
J.M. Kerrigan
Sawyer Collins
Grant Withers
Whanger Spreckles
Ethel Hill
Writer
Paul Fix
Ding Jacobs
Dale Van Every
Writer
Ben Welden
Yump Lumkin
Addison Richards
Capt. Joyce
William Forrest
Lt. Tom Kerrick
Jay Norris
Joe Brick
Edward Ludwig
Director
Duncan Renaldo
Construction Worker at Party
Borden Chase
Writer
Abdullah Abbas
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Æneas MacKenzie
Writer
Walter Scharf
Composer
Lee Adams
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Joel Allen
Coxswain (uncredited)
William Bradford
Cinematographer
Richard L. Van Enger
Editor
Roy Barcroft
Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
Roy Brent
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Joe Brooks
Pilot (uncredited)
Charles D. Brown
Capt. Squires (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Seabee (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Navy Observer (uncredited)
Roy Darmour
Officer (uncredited)
Kenne Duncan
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Jean Fenwick
Capt. Joyce's Secretary (uncredited)
Terry Frost
Orderly (uncredited)
Gene Gary
French Construction Worker (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Ernest Golm
Van Pelt (uncredited)
Kit Guard
Construction Worker in Shelter (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Man Walking to File Cabinet (uncredited)
William Hall
Swede (uncredited)
Alex Havier
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Herbert Heyes
Capt. Millard (uncredited)
Reed Howes
Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Katcher
Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Nora Lane
Kitty - Secretary (uncredited)
James B. Leong
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Jung Lim
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Beverly Lloyd
Chorine (uncredited)
Tom London
Johnson (uncredited)
Clarence Lung
Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Adele Mara
Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Construction Worker Who Dies (uncredited)
LeRoy Mason
Jonesey (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Lt. Cmdr. Stewart (uncredited)
Charles Mitchell
Radioman (uncredited)
Al Murphy
Costruction Worker (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Navy Surgeon (uncredited)
Jack O'Shea
Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
Hugh Prosser
Seabee (uncredited)
Joey Ray
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Lt. Cmdr. Kane (uncredited)
George Sherwood
Lieutenant Commander in Chartroom (uncredited)
Tom Steele
Seabee (uncredited)
Larry Stewart
Seabee (uncredited)
Clarence Straight
Signalman (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Aircraft Carrier Captain (uncredited)
Hal Taliaferro
Lt. Cmdr. Hood (uncredited)
Chief Thundercloud
Indian Seabee (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Randolph (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Spec - Reporter (uncredited)
Crane Whitley
Lt. Cmdr. Hunter (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 27, 1944
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,500,000
Filming LocationsSan Diego, United States
Genres
Wiki.
The Fighting Seabees is a 1944 war film, directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Wayne and Susan Hayward. The supporting cast includes Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinsky, Addison Richards and Grant Withers. The Fighting Seabees portrays a heavily fictionalized account of the dilemma that led to the creation of the U.S. Navy's "Seabees" in World War II. At the 17th Academy Awards, the film received a nomination for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for Walter Scharf and Roy Webb but the award went to Max Steiner for Since You Went Away.
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