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.


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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)