John Wayne Susan Hayward Dennis O'Keefe William Frawley
Cinematography
William Bradford
Edited by
Richard L. Van Enger
Music by
Walter Scharf Roy Webb
Production company
Republic Pictures
Distributed by
Republic Pictures
Release date
January 27, 1944 (1944-01-27) (Los Angeles)
Running time
100 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$1.5 million[1] or $720,000[2]
Box office
$1.9 million[3] or $3.5 million[2]
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.S. Navy's "Seabees" in World War II.[5][6] 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.
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^ ab"Alan Ladd Just Makes Money But Yens Prestige". Variety. 22 May 1957. p. 7.
^"'Little Three' Come of Age, Ride Boom BO, Produce Costlier Films". Variety. 12 April 1944. p. 7.
^Halliwell 1989, p. 345.
^"Screen News Here and in Hollywood: Republic will make the 'Fighting Seabees,' its most ambitious film, with Navy help; 'Air Force' in 9th week continues at the Hollywood; 'Happy Go Lucky' is among three pictures held over." The New York Times, March 31, 1943, p. 23.
^Stevenson, John (May 14, 1987). "Reading: Hating the Japanese Why during World War II were the Japanese perceived as being more treacherous and atrocious than the Nazis?". Chicago Reader. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
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