The Fighting Seabees
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The Fighting Seabees

The thrilling story of America's supermen!

6.3 / 10 1944 1h 40mNR English
DramaActionWar

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

John Wayne

John Wayne

Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan

Lead
Susan Hayward

Susan Hayward

Constance Chesley

Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe

Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow

William Frawley

William Frawley

Eddie Powers

Leonid Kinskey

Leonid Kinskey

Johnny Novasky

J.M. Kerrigan

J.M. Kerrigan

Sawyer Collins

Grant Withers

Grant Withers

Whanger Spreckles

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Ding Jacobs

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Edward Ludwig's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Fighting Seabees is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker