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Bookmark this pageThe Fighting Seabees (1944)
Director: Edward Ludwig
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From Time Out Film Guide
Standard World War II flagwaver in which Wayne, having fought for the principle that a non-combatant pioneer corps should nevertheless be armed, spends his time wiping out loads of brutish Japs in between bouts of romancing the pretty (and pretty unbelievable) war correspondent who happens to be on hand in the person of Susan Hayward.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Edward Ludwig
Producer: Albert J Cohen
Cast: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Grant Withers, Duncan Renaldo full cast
Genre(s): War
Duration: 100 mins
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