
An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Ironsides"--against the Barbary pirates then terrorizing American shipping, focusing on the crew and passengers of a fictional merchant ship, The Esther, who fall afoul of the same pirates and thus become involved with the Constitution's mission.
Cast

Charles Farrell
Boy

Esther Ralston
Girl

Wallace Beery
Bos'n

George Bancroft
Gunner

Charles Hill Mailes
Commodore Preble

Johnnie Walker
Stephen Decatur

Eddie Fetherston
Richard Somers

George Godfrey
Cook

William Conklin
Esther's Father (uncredited)

Effie Ellsler
Esther's Mother (uncredited)

Guy Oliver
First Mate (uncredited)

Fred Kohler
Second Mate (uncredited)
Arthur Ludwig
Second Mate (uncredited)

Boris Karloff
Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Dean Harrell
Young Decatur (uncredited)

Spec O'Donnell
Cabin Boy (uncredited)

Nick De Ruiz
Bashaw (uncredited)
Frank Jonasson
Pirate Captain (uncredited)
Duke Kahanamoku
Pirate Captain (uncredited)

Mitchell Lewis
Pirate Chief (uncredited)

Tetsu Komai
Pirate (uncredited)

Richard Alexander
Seaman (uncredited)

Richard Arlen
Seaman (uncredited)
Frank Bonner
Seaman (uncredited)

Gary Cooper
Seaman (uncredited)

Frank Darien
Seaman (uncredited)
Jack Herrick
Seaman (uncredited)

Robert Livingston
Seaman (uncredited)

William Bakewell
Young Philadelphian (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
(uncredited)
Herbert Janssen
(uncredited)
Göta Ljungberg
(uncredited)
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