In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag.
Production
San Diego standing in for North Africa with straight face.
Costume
O'Hara's gowns somehow spotless in desert warfare.
Director
Will Price
Maureen O'Hara
Gräfin D'Arneau
John Payne
Lt. O'Bannion
Howard Da Silva
Capt. Demetrios
Phillip Reed
Hamet Karamanly
Grant Withers
Sgt. Derek
Lowell Gilmore
Lt. Tripp
Frank Fenton
Capitaine Adams
Grandon Rhodes
Commandant Barron
Connie Gilchrist
Henriette
Alan Napier
Khalil
Herbert Heyes
Général Eaton
Alberto Morin
Il Taiib
Grandon Rhodes
Cmmdre. Barron
Frank Fenton
Capt. Adams
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Marines' Hymn lyric 'shores of Tripoli' references this actual 1805 campaign, making this perhaps cinema's most literal adaptation of a song lyric.
Released during the early Cold War, this film repurposed 19th-century Barbary conflicts to justify 1950s American military interventionism worldwide.
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