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Title: The Fighting Seabees (1944)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| 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 | |
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Jay Norris | ... | Joe Brick |
| Duncan Renaldo | ... | Construction Worker at Party | |
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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. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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10 July 1944 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow: Well, I'm glad to know you Friday even if it's only Thursday.
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Lyrics by Mortimer Weinberg and Charley Marks
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In the final battle scene, a clamshell bucket is seen picking up Japanese soldiers. There are legs (with feet visible) dangling from the bucket. In the next shot, the legs are replaced with tree trunks. See more »Quotes
Eddie Powers: I'm Eddie Powers, Donovan's factotum, meaning, "Man Friday". That's Latin.Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow: Well, I'm glad to know you Friday even if it's only Thursday.
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Where Do You Work-a, John?(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mortimer Weinberg and Charley Marks
Sung by those at the coming home party
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John Wayne is the boss of a civilian construction company building for the Navy in WW2. While working on a remote Pacific island the attacking Japanese forces interrupt construction and Wayne must convince the Government to let his men help the Navy fight back; thus the world renowned 'fighting Seabees'. This is a very good war drama and a fine cast that also features Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe and William Frawley.