Movie
The Fighting Seabees
Released: January 27, 1944 (1944)
Runtime: 100 minutes
Genres: Drama, Action, War
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- J.M. Kerrigan as Sawyer Collins
Age at release: 59
- William Frawley as Eddie Powers
Age at release: 56
- Paul Fix as Ding Jacobs
Age at release: 42
- Ben Welden as Yump Lumkin
Age at release: 42
- William Forrest as Lt. Tom Kerrick
Age at release: 41
- Leonid Kinskey as Johnny Novasky
Age at release: 40
- Grant Withers as Whanger Spreckles
Age at release: 39
- John Wayne as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
Age at release: 36
- Dennis O'Keefe as Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
Age at release: 35
- Susan Hayward as Constance Chesley
Age at release: 26
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- Charles D. Brown as Capt. Squires (uncredited)
Age at release: 56
- Wheaton Chambers as Navy Observer (uncredited)
Age at release: 56
- Kit Guard as Construction Worker in Shelter (uncredited)
Age at release: 49
- Bud Geary as Construction Worker (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
- Addison Richards as Capt. Joyce
Age at release: 41
- Roy Barcroft as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
Age at release: 41
- Kenne Duncan as Construction Worker (uncredited)
Age at release: 41
- Roy Brent as Construction Worker (uncredited)
Age at release: 40
- Duncan Renaldo as Construction Worker at Party
Age at release: 39
- George Bruggeman as Seabee (uncredited)
Age at release: 39
- Abdullah Abbas as Construction Worker (uncredited)
Age at release: 37
- Terry Frost as Orderly (uncredited)
Age at release: 37
- Jean Fenwick as Capt. Joyce's Secretary (uncredited)
Age at release: 36
- Eddie Hall as Man Walking to File Cabinet (uncredited)
Age at release: 31
- Joel Allen as Coxswain (uncredited)
Age at release: 30
- Jay Norris as Joe Brick
Age at release: 26
- Joe Brooks as Pilot (uncredited)
Age at release: 20
- Roy Darmour as Officer (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Gene Gary as French Construction Worker (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Ernest Golm as Van Pelt (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown