The Fighting Seabees

The Fighting Seabees

100 mins | Drama, Action, War | Jan. 27, 1944

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.

The Fighting Seabees

100 mins | Drama, Action, War | Jan. 27, 1944

The Fighting Seabees
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Republic Pictures
Original title The Fighting Seabees
Directors Edward Ludwig
Writers Æneas MacKenzie, Borden Chase

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

Grant Withers

as Whanger Spreckles

Paul Fix

as Ding Jacobs

Ben Welden

as Yump Lumkin

William Forrest

as Lt. Tom Kerrick

Addison Richards

as Capt. Joyce

Jay Norris

as Joe Brick

Duncan Renaldo

as Construction Worker at Party

Abdullah Abbas

as Construction Worker (uncredited)

Lee Adams

as Construction Worker (uncredited)

Joel Allen

as Coxswain (uncredited)

Roy Barcroft

as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)

Roy Brent

as Construction Worker (uncredited)

Joe Brooks

as Pilot (uncredited)

Charles D. Brown

as Capt. Squires (uncredited)

George Bruggeman

as Seabee (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

as Navy Observer (uncredited)

Roy Darmour

as Officer (uncredited)

Kenne Duncan

as Construction Worker (uncredited)

Jean Fenwick

as Capt. Joyce's Secretary (uncredited)

Terry Frost

as Orderly (uncredited)

Gene Gary

as French Construction Worker (uncredited)

Bud Geary

as Construction Worker (uncredited)

Ernest Golm

as Van Pelt (uncredited)

Kit Guard

as Construction Worker in Shelter (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

as Man Walking to File Cabinet (uncredited)

William Hall

as Swede (uncredited)

Alex Havier

as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Herbert Heyes

as Capt. Millard (uncredited)

Reed Howes

as Reporter (uncredited)

Robert Katcher

as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Nora Lane

as Kitty - Secretary (uncredited)

James B. Leong

as Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Jung Lim

as Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Beverly Lloyd

as Chorine (uncredited)

Tom London

as Johnson (uncredited)

Clarence Lung

as Japanese Officer (uncredited)

Adele Mara

as Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

as Construction Worker Who Dies (uncredited)

LeRoy Mason

as Jonesey (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Lt. Cmdr. Stewart (uncredited)

Charles Mitchell

as Radioman (uncredited)

Al Murphy

as Costruction Worker (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

as Navy Surgeon (uncredited)

Jack O'Shea

as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)

Hugh Prosser

as Seabee (uncredited)

Joey Ray

as Construction Worker (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

as Lt. Cmdr. Kane (uncredited)

George Sherwood

as Lieutenant Commander in Chartroom (uncredited)

Tom Steele

as Seabee (uncredited)

Larry Stewart

as Seabee (uncredited)

Clarence Straight

as Signalman (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

as Construction Worker (uncredited)

Ben Taggart

as Aircraft Carrier Captain (uncredited)

Hal Taliaferro

as Lt. Cmdr. Hood (uncredited)

Chief Thundercloud

as Indian Seabee (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge

as Randolph (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

as Spec - Reporter (uncredited)

Crane Whitley

as Lt. Cmdr. Hunter (uncredited)

Robert J. Wilke

as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)

Buddy Wilkerson

as Gunner (uncredited)

John James

as Meteorological Officer (uncredited)

Walter Bacon

as Bartender (uncredited)