Summary
The Fighting Seabees is an American romantic film drama first released in 1944,
directed by Edward Ludwig.
The film stars John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O’Keefe, William Frawley and Leonid Kinskey.
It has also been released under the title: Donovan’s Army.
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Credits
- Director: Edward Ludwig
- Script: Borden Chase, Æneas MacKenzie
- Photo: William Bradford
- Music: Walter Scharf
- 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), Jay Norris (Joe Brick), Duncan Renaldo (Construction worker at party), Hal Taliaferro (Lt. Commander. Hood), Abdullah Abbas (Construction worker), Lee Adams (Construction worker), Joel Allen (Coxswain), Roy Barcroft (Seabee Barcroft), Roy Brent (Construction worker), Joe Brooks (Pilot), Charles D. Brown (Capt. Squires), George Bruggeman (Seabee), Wheaton Chambers (Navy observer), Roy Darmour (Officer), Kenne Duncan (Construction worker), Jean Fenwick (Capt. Joyce’s secretary), Terry Frost (Orderly), Gene Gary (French construction worker), Bud Geary (Construction worker), Ernest Golm (Van Pelt), Kit Guard (Construction worker in shelter), Eddie Hall (Man walking to file cabinet), William Hall (Swede), Alex Havier (Japanese soldier), Herbert Heyes (Capt. Millard), Reed Howes (Reporter), Arthur Stuart Hull (Extra at Dock), John James (Meteorological officer), Nora Lane (Kitty (secretary)), James B. Leong (Japanese officer), Beverly Lloyd (Chorine), Tom London (Johnson), Clarence Lung (Japanese officer), George Magrill (Extra), Adele Mara (Twinkles Tucker, Jitterbugger), Frank Marlowe (Construction worker who dies), LeRoy Mason (Jonesey), Harold Miller (Lt. Commander Stewart), Bert Moorhouse (Extra at Dock), Al Murphy (Costruction worker), Forbes Murray (Navy Surgeon), Jack O’Shea (Arriving Construction Worker), Paul Parry (Lt. Commander Stuart), Hugh Prosser (Seabee), Joey Ray (Construction worker), Cyril Ring (Dance Extra), Jeffrey Sayre (Lt. Commander Kane), George Sherwood (Lieutenant Commander in chartroom), Tom Steele (Seabee), Larry Stewart (Seabee), Clarence Straight (Signalman), Charles Sullivan (Construction worker), Ben Taggart (Aircraft carrier captain), Chief Thundercloud (Indian Seabee), Charles Trowbridge (Randolph), Billy Wayne (Spec, Reporter), Crane Whitley (Lt. Commander Hunter), Robert J. Wilke (Arriving Construction Worker), Buddy Wilkerson (Gunner)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 100 min; B&W
- Aka: Donovan’s Army
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