Old Ironsides

Movie · 1h 54m

Starring Charles Farrell, Esther Ralston, Wallace Beery, George Bancroft

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.