Schindler's List
1993 · Drama · History
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Film / 1926
Old Ironsides
Directed by
James Cruze
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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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 FarrellBoy
Esther RalstonGirl
Wallace BeeryBos'n
George BancroftGunner
Charles Hill MailesCommodore Preble
Johnnie WalkerStephen Decatur
Eddie FetherstonRichard Somers
George GodfreyCook
William ConklinEsther's Father (uncredited)
Effie EllslerEsther's Mother (uncredited)
Guy OliverFirst Mate (uncredited)
Fred KohlerSecond Mate (uncredited)
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Arthur LudwigSecond Mate (uncredited)
Boris KarloffSaracen Guard (uncredited)
Dean HarrellYoung Decatur (uncredited)
Spec O'DonnellCabin Boy (uncredited)
Nick De RuizBashaw (uncredited)
Frank JonassonPirate Captain (uncredited)
Duke KahanamokuPirate Captain (uncredited)
Mitchell LewisPirate Chief (uncredited)
Tetsu KomaiPirate (uncredited)
Richard AlexanderSeaman (uncredited)
Richard ArlenSeaman (uncredited)
Frank BonnerSeaman (uncredited)
Gary CooperSeaman (uncredited)
Frank DarienSeaman (uncredited)
Jack HerrickSeaman (uncredited)
Robert LivingstonSeaman (uncredited)
William BakewellYoung Philadelphian (uncredited)
Bess Flowers(uncredited)
Herbert Janssen(uncredited)
Göta Ljungberg(uncredited)
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