Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'The Fighting Seabees' right now, here are some details about the Republic Pictures drama flick. The Fighting Seabees starring John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley has a NR rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min. The release date of the movie is January 27th, 1944. The movie received a user score of 62/100 on TMDb, which was calculated from reviews from 48 real users.
Curious about the story behind it? Here's the plot: "Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight."
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'The Fighting Seabees' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on January 27th, 1944
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
May 16th, 2000
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