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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. [4] The Fighting Seabees portrays a heavily fictionalized account of the dilemma that led to the creation of the U ...
The Fighting Seabees: Directed by Edward Ludwig. With John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley. During WW2, the U.S. Navy implements a new idea of forming construction battalions that also are fighting units, in case of Japanese attack.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Edward Ludwig
- 1944-07-10
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 Actors: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O Production Company: Republic Pictures (I) Release Date: 10 July 1944 (UK) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
- 95 min
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The Fighting Seabees 'The Hollywood Reporter' reported a number of location filming sites used in the movie. These included Camp Huemene, Santa Barbara, California; Camp Endicott, Davisville / North Kingstown, Rhode Island where the parade ground marching scenes were filmed; Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Southern Califonia; as well as another military camp in Virginia.
May 25, 2020 · Starring John Wayne along with a raft of construction equipment including bulldozers, cranes, and other iron, the movie is a completely fictional account of how the US Navy “Seabees” came into existence. John Wayne plays a construction foreman who is in charge of a crew that has been building runways on small islands in the Pacific during WWII.
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Donovan and many of his men enlist and receive formal military training. The two men are teamed together on yet another island. The Japanese launch a major attack, which the Seabees barely manage to hold off, sometimes using heavy construction machinery such as bulldozers and a clamshell bucket.
