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6.3Construction 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.
Released: 1944-01-27100 minDir: Edward LudwigDrama, Action, WarBudget: $1.5M
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
- J.M. Kerrigan as Sawyer Collins
Themes
- world war ii
- u.s. navy
- pacific island
- construction worker
- seabees
- battalion
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Edward Ludwig
- Screenwriter
- Æneas MacKenzie
- Cast member
- Robert J. Wilke
- Composer
- Walter Scharf
- Production company
- Republic Pictures
- Filming location
- San Diego
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 205442
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1944-01-01
- title
- The Fighting Seabees
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Adele Palmer
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Richard L. Van Enger
- review score
- 100%
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