An evil scientist invents a earthquake machine and plots to take over the world from his base in Africa.

After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.

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…