The Fighting Seabees (1944)

Directed by

Edward Ludwig

Genre

drama film, action film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A fictional story about how the Navy's Seabee construction units were formed during World War II. John Wayne plays a contractor who clashes with military commanders until they realize they need his men's skills for building in combat zones.

patrioticrousingaction-packeddateddramaticearnestfast-pacedwartime spirit

What happens

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. The Fighting Seabees portrays a heavily fictionalized account of the dilemma that led to the creation of the U.S. Navy's "Seabees" in World War II. At the 17th Academy Awards, the film received a nomination for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for Walter Scharf and Roy Webb but the award went to Max Steiner for Since You Went Away. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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