History Drama
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.
Directed by
James Cruze
Gary Cooper
Seaman (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
(uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
Pirate Chief (uncredited)
Wallace Beery
Bos'n
Esther Ralston
Girl
Eddie Fetherston
Richard Somers
William Bakewell
Young Philadelphian (uncredited)
Robert Livingston
Seaman (uncredited)
George Bancroft
Gunner
Nick De Ruiz
Bashaw (uncredited)
Richard Arlen
Seaman (uncredited)
Charles Farrell
Boy
Richard Alexander
Seaman (uncredited)
Frank Darien
Seaman (uncredited)
Guy Oliver
First Mate (uncredited)
Tetsu Komai
Pirate (uncredited)
Effie Ellsler
Esther's Mother (uncredited)
Fred Kohler
Second Mate (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Cabin Boy (uncredited)
Charles Hill Mailes
Commodore Preble
Johnnie Walker
Stephen Decatur
William Conklin
Esther's Father (uncredited)
George Godfrey
Cook
Arthur Ludwig
Second Mate (uncredited)
Dean Harrell
Young Decatur (uncredited)
Frank Jonasson
Pirate Captain (uncredited)
Duke Kahanamoku
Pirate Captain (uncredited)
Frank Bonner
Seaman (uncredited)
Jack Herrick
Seaman (uncredited)
Herbert Janssen
(uncredited)
Göta Ljungberg
(uncredited)

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