The Fighting Seabees (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.
Director:
Edward Ludwig
Writers:
Borden Chase, Æneas MacKenzie.
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John Wayne as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan |
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Susan Hayward as Constance Chesley |
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Dennis O'Keefe as Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow |
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William Frawley as Eddie Powers |
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Leonid Kinskey as Johnny Novasky |
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J.M. Kerrigan as Sawyer Collins |
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Grant Withers as Whanger Spreckles |
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Paul Fix as Ding Jacobs |
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Ben Welden as Yump Lumkin |
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William Forrest as Lt. Tom Kerrick |
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Addison Richards as Capt. Joyce |
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Jay Norris as Joe Brick |
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Duncan Renaldo as Construction Worker at Party |
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Abdullah Abbas as Construction Worker (uncredited) |
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Lee Adams as Construction Worker (uncredited) |
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Joel Allen as Coxswain (uncredited) |
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Roy Barcroft as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited) |
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Roy Brent as Construction Worker (uncredited) |
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Joe Brooks as Pilot (uncredited) |
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Charles D. Brown as Capt. Squires (uncredited) |
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George Bruggeman as Seabee (uncredited) |
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Wheaton Chambers as Navy Observer (uncredited) |
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Roy Darmour as Officer (uncredited) |
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Kenne Duncan as Construction Worker (uncredited) |
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Jean Fenwick as Capt. Joyce's Secretary (uncredited) |
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Terry Frost as Orderly (uncredited) |
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Gene Gary as French Construction Worker (uncredited) |
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Bud Geary as Construction Worker (uncredited) |
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Ernest Golm as Van Pelt (uncredited) |
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Kit Guard as Construction Worker in Shelter (uncredited) |
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Eddie Hall as Man Walking to File Cabinet (uncredited) |
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William Hall as Swede (uncredited) |
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Alex Havier as Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
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Herbert Heyes as Capt. Millard (uncredited) |
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Reed Howes as Reporter (uncredited) |
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Robert Katcher as Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
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Nora Lane as Kitty - Secretary (uncredited) |
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James B. Leong as Japanese Officer (uncredited) |
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Jung Lim as Japanese Officer (uncredited) |
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Beverly Lloyd as Chorine (uncredited) |
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Tom London as Johnson (uncredited) |
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Clarence Lung as Japanese Officer (uncredited) |
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Adele Mara as Twinkles Tucker - Jitterbugger (uncredited) |
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Frank Marlowe as Construction Worker Who Dies (uncredited) |
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LeRoy Mason as Jonesey (uncredited) |
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Harold Miller as Lt. Cmdr. Stewart (uncredited) |
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Charles Mitchell as Radioman (uncredited) |
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Al Murphy as Costruction Worker (uncredited) |
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Forbes Murray as Navy Surgeon (uncredited) |
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Jack O'Shea as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited) |
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Hugh Prosser as Seabee (uncredited) |
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Joey Ray as Construction Worker (uncredited) |
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Jeffrey Sayre as Lt. Cmdr. Kane (uncredited) |
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George Sherwood as Lieutenant Commander in Chartroom (uncredited) |
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Tom Steele as Seabee (uncredited) |
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Larry Stewart as Seabee (uncredited) |
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Clarence Straight as Signalman (uncredited) |
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Charles Sullivan as Construction Worker (uncredited) |
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Ben Taggart as Aircraft Carrier Captain (uncredited) |
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Hal Taliaferro as Lt. Cmdr. Hood (uncredited) |
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Chief Thundercloud as Indian Seabee (uncredited) |
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Charles Trowbridge as Randolph (uncredited) |
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Billy Wayne as Spec - Reporter (uncredited) |
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Crane Whitley as Lt. Cmdr. Hunter (uncredited) |
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Robert J. Wilke as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited) |
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Buddy Wilkerson as Gunner (uncredited) |
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John James as Meteorological Officer (uncredited) |
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Walter Bacon as Bartender (uncredited) |
| Directing | Edward Ludwig | Director |
| Writing | Borden Chase | Screenplay |
| Writing | Æneas MacKenzie | Screenplay |
| Writing | Borden Chase | Story |
| Camera | William Bradford | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Richard L. Van Enger | Editor |
| Art | Duncan Cramer | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adele Palmer | Costume Design |
| Sound | Walter Scharf | Music |
| Art | Otto Siegel | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Howard Wilson | Sound |
| Sound | T.A. Carman | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Littlefield | Makeup Artist |
