Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a fine and I believe underrated John Wayne movie. I believe it was also a springboard for Susan Hayward's career. It was also fun to see all of the usual supporting actors in Wayne movies as well as a couple of actors who spent a lot of their career playing antagonists but favorable roles in this vehicle.

If you a fan of John Wayne this is a Must have movie.

This BR was a bit of a mixed bag for me, first off the movie has a glitch in the transfer when John Wayne is first in the office talking about forming the CBs, where the image gets ghosty for a couple of shots. That compiled with a film that's clearly not been remastered since the last time it saw release on DVD, now that doesn't mean it's a bad transfer, it's more that it's underwhelming... however! Then we get to the actual film itself. The movie is about the formation of a construction battalion during WW2, and John Wayne plays the owner of an important construction company that's trying to work with the military to create this new battalion, but his hard-headedness and impatiens gets in the way. The movie itself is really enjoyable, and if you're in the know one of only a handful of films in which John Wayne doesn't get the girl. I'm happy to have in my collection.

Great John Wayne Flicker. About The Beginning of The Construction Battalion in The Navy.

Another great John Wayne war movie depicting the American troops abroad and this time the construction battalion.

John Wayne Classic Army Adventure worth adding to your John Wayne Collection. True American Hero.

A very good movie showing a seldom seen aspect of World War II. Susan Hayward was a knockout!

Excellent portrayal of the Seabees! Very nicely done with awesome actors. John Wayne always does a great job.

John Wayne does it again by showcasing different branches of the service and what they do.

classic John Wayne about how the seabees came to be, Should be mandatory for history buffs

I would tell any one if they want a good movie to watch this is it .

Action-packed saga with Wayne as the head of a construction company building military sites for the Navy during World War Il.

I really enjoyed this John Wayne movie. It was a nice addition to my John Wayne BD collection too. Though watching the movie in a complete dark room makes the picture at times difficult to see. I found dimming a light in the room improves the overall quality of this black and white movie!