It didn't seem like there was much action until the last part of the film but that was well worth the wait. Hard to imagine all the gun fire while Seabees were trying to build on a remote island in WW ll and seeing their crew get blown up all around them. The first part was mostly John Wayne and Dennis O'Keefe dealing with the mundane bureaucratic red tape from the army. But that's where my favorite actress of all time, Susan Hayward saves the day. She is brilliant in playing the love interest of the leading men. This is why she is an Oscar winner and a star of many outstanding films. William Frawley was outstanding as Wayne's foreman and top man in rallying the troops. Also great to see Sascha, the bartender at Rick's Cafe Americaine, in Casablanca, Leonid Kinskey. Hayward, O'Keefe and John Wayne were exemplary in depicting the passion of our heroes, The Fighting Seabees.
Review of The Fighting Seabees
