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The Fighting Seabees / Wake Of The Red Witch (Double Feature)

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Bottom line: Great old films by the Duke!
If you want HD and excellent color, then you are looking in the wrong place.
However, If you want great movies from back in the old days where it took good acting and good scripting to make great movies instead of sex and violence, you will love these!

As a retired army officer and an adjunct history professor I thought it was important to review what I consider the best war movies depicting the challenges of leadership and the command of men.

I always liked John Wayne in war movies more than in westerns. In "The Fighting Seabees the "Duke" plays Lt. Cmdr Wedge Donovan, a civilian construction manager who is tasked to form the Navy's first Construction Battalion, (CB CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight. Donovan a hard nosed construction manager at first chafes under military control, but once commissioned, he learns the importance of doing things the Navy way. This turns him into a great leader and his unit into a very effective force. One of the few movies that the "Duke" dies in. Makes one just want to cry.

Two great movies on one DVD! Great price! Will be buying more titles.

The fFighting Seabees / Wake of the Red Witch

I enjoyed watching these old John Wayne movies that I had seen, probably on TV a long time ago. Was good to see them in this way.

Fine transfers of two good films. I will say that both films are a bit predictable, but that's really a part of the charm of some of these old movies, you know what you're going to get when you watch one.

If you're a John Wayne fan then you will certainly enjoy these classics.