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7.3/10   58 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Laurence Stallings (story)
Harry Carr (suggested and adapted by) ...
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Release Date:
6 December 1926 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
WHAT A YARN! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
An American fighting ship battles Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean in the 18th century. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Sea | Epic
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One mans view of a good old film more (3 total)

Cast

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Charles Farrell ... The Commodore
Esther Ralston ... Esther

Wallace Beery ... Bos'n
George Bancroft ... Gunner
Charles Hill Mailes ... Commodore Preble
Johnnie Walker ... Lieutenant Stephen Decatur
Eddie Fetherston ... Lieutenant Richard Somers
George Godfrey ... The Cook
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Herbert Janssen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sons of the Sea (UK)
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Runtime:
111 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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A real ship (the S. N. Castle, built in 1886) was burned and sunk for the movie. more
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1 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
One mans view of a good old film, 21 February 2000
8/10
Author: snoopbobiebob from Kent England

Old Ironsides a good film but you have to wait for the real action to start,which does not come in to play until you near the end of the film.But do watch and wait for there is a fantastic ship explosion which is well worth waiting for.Wallace Beery plays a right devious hard nut character and he looks the part.Esther Ralston looks great and once again toward the end of the film she lets her hair down and looks even better.The start of the film is a bit slow then when it moves on to life on the ship there are some funny parts and you get a glimpse of what life on board may have been like.Just one downside to the film for me,the Wurlitzer organ,after ten minutes it drove me mad,what did I do?, I simply turned off the volume sat back and enjoyed the rest of the film.I must say take the time to watch Treasure Island (1934)which also stars Wallace Beery, he plays a fantastic Long John Silver.

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