Alarm im Pazifik (1. IMDb. Before writing this review I took a quick look at Wikipedia and the article they have on the Seabees. Despite the fanciful story that Borden Chase wrote here about how the service was founded, the Seabees were actually an idea already thought of by Admiral Ben Morreell the Chief of Navy Supply even before Pearl Harbor. Unlike the war in Europe where the Allies would be looking to take an hold cities with facilities already there, like air fields for example, those planning the war in the Pacific knew that they would be starting from scratch. Airfields, fuel depots, etc.
Pacific. So the idea of a separate service for the construction trade was born. Now that we know that the plot of The Fighting Seabees is so much hogwash, let me say that what the film does do very well is show the hazards of what the men in that service faced. Trying to build facilities at the same time as the enemy is firing on them. The scenario in this film is repeated many times over on the islands of the Pacific. As to the story of this film, John Wayne reverses roles here. In most of his war films he's usually the professional military man, here he's the tough, but inpatient civilian who never seems to learn the value of military discipline. Of course being this is the Duke, he does redeem himself in the end in a spectacular manner.
A love triangle is tossed in here, rather unnecessarily in my opinion, a straightforward account of Seabee heroism would have been sufficient. Wayne and Navy Commander Dennis O'Keefe are both interested in war correspondent Susan Hayward. This was Hayward's second film with John Wayne, who along with Clark Gable, and Dean Martin, she once described as her three favorite leading men.
Her big scene is when she's wounded and thinks she's cashing in, she declares her love for the Duke. Susan Hayward has always been a favorite of mine, but it's on the strength of her performances in her starring roles in the Fifties, not as the sex object in The Fighting Seabees. The Fighting Seabees isn't one of the Duke's top 1. World War II heroic bravado that was obligatory at the time this was made. You even get to see John Wayne attempt the jitterbug. During that scene, the Duke looks mighty uncomfortable.
He was never going to compete with Fred Astaire for roles.
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- A Seabee is a member of the United States Naval Construction Forces (NCF). The word 'Seabee' comes from initials 'CB', which in turn comes from the term 'Construction Battalion'. The Seabees have a history of building bases.
- A web store operated by the non-profit Seabee Museum and Memorial Park, Davisville, RI. The orginal home of the US Navy Seabees.
- The Fighting Seabees are the US military's DIY heroes. Image: Wikipedia “We Build! We Fight!” is the motto of the Fighting Seabees, members of the US Navy’s elite Construction Battalions (CBs – get it.
- History of the 93rd Seabees. SITE MAP Cruisebook (Album) on CD Video/DVD of 93rd Battalion Roster Other WWII Seabee Battalions. In March 1943, hundreds of men from across the country began arriving at Camp Peary, a newly.
- Directed by Edward Ludwig. With John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley. Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the.
- The Fighting Seabees is a 1944 war film starring John Wayne and Susan Hayward. The picture portrays a heavily fictionalized account of the dilemma that led to the creation of the U.S. Navy's 'Seabees' in World War II. The.