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A film about the U.S. Navy's Construction Battalions (Seabees) in World War II, starring John Wayne and Susan Hayward. See cast, crew, plot, trivia, reviews, ratings, and more on IMDb.
- (3.9K)
- Drama, Romance, War
- Edward Ludwig
- 1944-07-10
The Fighting Seabees is a 1944 American 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.
Title: The Fighting Seabees. Summary: During WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack. Directed by: Edward Ludwig.
- 95 min
- 12.1K
A morale-boosting tribute to the US Navy's Construction Battalions who followed behind the troops invading Pacific islands held by the Japanese to build runways,...
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- John Wayne
- Edward Ludwig
- War
An immensely popular WWII propaganda movie released in early 1944, The Fighting Seabees tells the story of the formation of the U.S. Navy's Construction Battalion. In the early days off WWII, American construction workers were sent to islands throughout the Pacific Theater to build bases and airstrips.
- Edward Ludwig, Phil Ford, Howard Lydecker
- John Wayne
A World War II film about the U.S. Navy's construction battalions that also fight the Japanese. Learn more about the plot, cast, trivia, and release of this classic movie.
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A movie about the construction workers who became the Navy's Seabees in World War II. They had to build military sites and fight the Japanese in the Pacific.
