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.

• Paramount Pictures
• Charles Farrell
• Esther Ralston
• Wallace Beery
• George Bancroft
• Charles Hill Mailes
• Johnnie Walker
• Eddie Fetherston
• Guy Oliver