The Fighting Seabees (1944) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Edward Ludwig.

Cast

• John Wayne as Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan
• Susan Hayward as Constance Chesley
• Dennis O'Keefe as Lt. Cmdr. Robert Yarrow
• William Frawley as Eddie Powers
• Leonid Kinskey as Johnny Novasky
• J.M. Kerrigan as Sawyer Collins
• Grant Withers as Whanger Spreckles
• Paul Fix as Ding Jacobs
• Ben Welden as Yump Lumkin
• William Forrest as Lt. Tom Kerrick
• Addison Richards as Capt. Joyce
• Jay Norris as Joe Brick
• Duncan Renaldo as Construction Worker at Party
• Abdullah Abbas as Construction Worker (uncredited)
• Lee Adams as Construction Worker (uncredited)
• Joel Allen as Coxswain (uncredited)
• Roy Barcroft as Seabee Barcroft (uncredited)
• Roy Brent as Construction Worker (uncredited)
• Joe Brooks as Pilot (uncredited)
• Charles D. Brown as Capt. Squires (uncredited)
• George Bruggeman as Seabee (uncredited)
• Wheaton Chambers as Navy Observer (uncredited)
• Roy Darmour as Officer (uncredited)
• Kenne Duncan as Construction Worker (uncredited)
• Jean Fenwick as Capt. Joyce's Secretary (uncredited)
• Terry Frost as Orderly (uncredited)
• Gene Gary as French Construction Worker (uncredited)
• Bud Geary as Construction Worker (uncredited)
• Ernest Golm as Van Pelt (uncredited)
• Kit Guard as Construction Worker in Shelter (uncredited)
• Eddie Hall as Man Walking to File Cabinet (uncredited)
• William Hall as Swede (uncredited)
• Alex Havier as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
• Herbert Heyes as Capt. Millard (uncredited)
• Reed Howes as Reporter (uncredited)
• Robert Katcher as Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
• Nora Lane as Kitty - Secretary (uncredited)
• James B. Leong as Japanese Officer (uncredited)
• Jung Lim as Japanese Officer (uncredited)
• Beverly Lloyd as Chorine (uncredited)

Crew

• Aeneas MacKenzie — Screenplay
• Edward Ludwig — Director
• Borden Chase — Screenplay
• William Bradford — Director of Photography

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