The Fighting Seabees
In Theaters
January 27, 1944
Runtime: 1h 40m
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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Cast & Crew
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
- JN
Jay Norris
Joe Brick
Duncan Renaldo
Construction Worker at Party
- AA
Abdullah Abbas
Construction Worker (uncredited)
- LA
Lee Adams
Construction Worker (uncredited)
- JA
Joel Allen
Coxswain (uncredited)
Roy Barcroft
Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
- RB
Roy Brent
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Edward Ludwig
Director
Aeneas MacKenzie
Screenplay
Borden Chase
Screenplay
Media
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