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The Fighting Seabees [DVD] [1944] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
 
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The Fighting Seabees [DVD] [1944] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

DVD ~ John Wayne
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  • Actors: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinskey
  • Directors: Edward Ludwig
  • Writers: Borden Chase, Æneas MacKenzie
  • Producers: Albert J. Cohen
  • Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Unrated (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Republic Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 16 May 2000
  • Run Time: 100 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: 0782011284
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 128,675 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great John Wayne War/Action Flick!, 25 Jan 2005
This review is from: The Fighting Seabees [VHS] [1944] (VHS Tape)
This is one of several films John Wayne starred in during the war that was intended to boost the morale of the folks at home. However, it is still a great war film even today with spectacular action for its time (1944).

Wedge Donovan (John Wayne) is the CEO of a large construction company that is building airfields in the Pacific for the Allied planes. However, as a rule, they must not be armed with any kinds of weapons. Donovan strongly disagrees with this, pointing out that his men are in hostile territory and must be given the right to defend themselves. Eventually they are allowed rifles but Donovan bluntly refuses that his men be trained as soldiers.
Then the inevitable happens. On a deadly assignment in the South Seas, the Donovan Construction Company come under heavy Japanese fire. The resulting battle is a one-sided massacre that eventually convinces Donovan that his men must have the proper training in order to defend themselves. With this in mind, a brand new army regiment is set up, The Fighting Seabees (a play on the initials of the regiment's given name, Construction Battalion - CBs) and Donovan is made its leader. They now must both build and fight.
But will fate repeat itself when the Japanese attack again?

This film features very human characters and is still a very fine war film, sixty-one years after its creation. I hope it comes to DVD soon.

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