The Fighting Seabees (1944)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $1,500,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 3.381 |
Directed By
Edward Ludwig
Crew
Æneas MacKenzie
Borden Chase
Edward Ludwig
Borden Chase
Richard L. Van Enger
Adele Palmer
William Bradford
Duncan Cramer
Howard Wilson
Otto Siegel
Walter Scharf
T.A. Carman
Robert Littlefield
TOP CAST
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
Paul Fix
Ding Jacobs
Ben Welden
Yump Lumkin
William Forrest
Lt. Tom Kerrick
Addison Richards
Capt. Joyce
Jay Norris
Joe Brick
Duncan Renaldo
Construction Worker at Party
Abdullah Abbas
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Lee Adams
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Joel Allen
Coxswain (uncredited)
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)
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