Old Ironsides
WHAT A YARN!
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
Johnnie Walker
Stephen Decatur
Eddie Fetherston
Richard Somers
William Conklin
Esther's Father (uncredited)
Duke Kahanamoku
Pirate Captain (uncredited)
Robert Livingston
Seaman (uncredited)
Wallace Beery
Bos'n
Mitchell Lewis
Pirate Chief (uncredited)
Gary Cooper
Seaman (uncredited)
Frank Darien
Seaman (uncredited)
Esther Ralston
Girl
Guy Oliver
First Mate (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell
Cabin Boy (uncredited)
Tetsu Komai
Pirate (uncredited)
Richard Arlen
Seaman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
(uncredited)
Charles Farrell
Boy
Charles Hill Mailes
Commodore Preble
George Bancroft
Gunner
Nick De Ruiz
Bashaw (uncredited)
William Bakewell
Young Philadelphian (uncredited)
George Godfrey
Cook
Fred Kohler
Second Mate (uncredited)
Effie Ellsler
Esther's Mother (uncredited)
Boris Karloff
Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
Seaman (uncredited)