WHAT A YARN!
6.2
114 min
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.
Name | Character | Team | |
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Charles Farrell | Boy | Unowned |
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Esther Ralston | Girl | Unowned |
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Wallace Beery | Bos'n | Unowned |
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George Bancroft | Gunner | Unowned |
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Charles Hill Mailes | Commodore Preble | Unowned |
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Johnnie Walker | Stephen Decatur | Unowned |
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Eddie Fetherston | Richard Somers | Unowned |
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George Godfrey | Cook | Unowned |
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William Conklin | Esther's Father (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Effie Ellsler | Esther's Mother (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Guy Oliver | First Mate (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Fred Kohler | Second Mate (uncredited) | Unowned |
Arthur Ludwig | Second Mate (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Boris Karloff | Saracen Guard (uncredited) | Unowned |
Dean Harrell | Young Decatur (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Spec O'Donnell | Cabin Boy (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Nick De Ruiz | Bashaw (uncredited) | Unowned |
Frank Jonasson | Pirate Captain (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Duke Kahanamoku | Pirate Captain (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Mitchell Lewis | Pirate Chief (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Tetsu Komai | Pirate (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Alexander | Seaman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Richard Arlen | Seaman (uncredited) | Unowned |
Frank Bonner | Seaman (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Gary Cooper | Seaman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Frank Darien | Seaman (uncredited) | Unowned |
Jack Herrick | Seaman (uncredited) | Unowned | |
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Robert Livingston | Seaman (uncredited) | Unowned |
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William Bakewell | Young Philadelphian (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Bess Flowers | (uncredited) | Unowned |
Herbert Janssen | (uncredited) | Unowned | |
Göta Ljungberg | (uncredited) | Unowned |