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Tripoli ()

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In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag
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Lt. O'Bannion
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Countess D'Arneau
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Capt. Demetrios
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Hamet Karamanly
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Sgt. Derek
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Lt. Tripp
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Henriette
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Khalil
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Gen. Eaton
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Il Taiib
Emil Hanna ...
Interpreter
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Cmmdre. Barron
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Capt. Adams
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Seewauk
Ray Hyke ...
Crawford
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Wade
Paul Livermore ...
Evans
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Huggins
Don Summers ...
Langley
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Busch
Ewing Mitchell ...
Elroy

Directed by

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Will Price

Written by

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Will Price ... (story) and
Winston Miller ... (story)
 
Winston Miller ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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William H. Pine ... producer (as William Pine)
William C. Thomas ... producer (as William Thomas)

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Lucien Cailliet

Cinematography by

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James Wong Howe ... director of photography

Editing by

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Howard A. Smith ... (as Howard Smith)

Editorial Department

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Robert Brower ... color consultant: Technicolor

Art Direction by

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Lewis H. Creber

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Alfred Kegerris

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Yvonne Wood

Makeup Department

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James R. Barker ... makeup artist (as James Barker)
Harry Ray ... makeup artist
Fay Smith ... hair stylist
Paul Stanhope ... makeup artist

Production Management

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L.B. Merman ... production manager (as L. Merman)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Howard Pine ... assistant director

Sound Department

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Harold Lewis ... sound (as Harold C. Lewis)

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Darrell A. Anderson ... special photographic effects
Alex Weldon ... special photographic effects

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Chuck Hayward ... stunts (uncredited)
Lucille House ... stunts (uncredited)
Fred Kennedy ... stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Morgan ... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson ... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams ... stunts (uncredited)
Terry Wilson ... stunts (uncredited)

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Loyal Griggs ... director of cinematography: second unit
Louis Kulsey ... grip (uncredited)
G.E. Richardson ... still photographer (uncredited)
Harry Webb ... camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Mary Bowne ... wardrobe mistress
Chuck Keehne ... wardrobe master

Music Department

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David Chudnow ... musical director

Script and Continuity Department

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Sam Freedle ... script supervisor

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Bella Lewitzky ... choreographer
Nazih Massaad ... technical advisor

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

The U. S. Marine Corps hymn starts with"From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli", and this film's story purports to be the reason why, and is give or take a few incidents in this movie: It is 1805 and the Tripoli pirates have challenged America's right to freedom of the seas---all of them, anywhere---so United Stares warships were sent to that port to bottle up their fleet and set the riff-raff right concerning who could sail where. (History begins to suffer a bit along about this point.) A U. S. Marine unit, headed by Lieutenant O'Bannon, was sent to attack them from the rear. He organized his unit around Hamet, Pasha of Tripoli, in exile after being overthrown by his brother. In Hamet's court was Sheila D'Arneau, a diploma's daughter, who disguises herself as a dancing girl, and joins the group of eight U. S. Marines and Hamet supporters in their march across the Libyan desert. O'Bannon and Shelia argue all the way to Tripoli. Written by Les Adams

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Taglines From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli ... the guts-and-glory story of the U.S. Marines! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The First Marines (United States)
  • The Barbarians (World-wide, English title)
  • Trípoli (Spain)
  • I conquistatori della Sirte (Italy)
  • Αιχμάλωτοι των Βεδουίνων (Greece)
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  • 95 min
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Trivia At the time this film was made, Maureen O'Hara was married to its director, Will Price. See more »
Goofs The Battle of Derna took place in 1805, as stated in the opening of the film. The flag that O'Bannion raises over the city of Derna shows only 15 stars. Kentucky was the 15th state to be admitted in 1792. Tennessee was admitted in 1796 and Ohio in 1803, making a total of 17 states by 1805, meaning the flag should properly have shown 17 stars. In fact the 15-star flag was the official one from from 4 July, 1795 to 4 July, 1818 even though five more states would join the Union during that time. See more »
Quotes Countess D'Arneau: Oh, I might have known.
Lt. O'Bannion: You're lucky, those sentries have orders to shoot to kill.
Countess D'Arneau: Why didn't you tell me that instead of scaring me to death?
Lt. O'Bannion: Nobody can tell you anything. We better get back before they take a shot at both of us.
[He tries to help her up]
Countess D'Arneau: I am able to get up myself!
[she fell]
Countess D'Arneau: Oh, now look what you did!
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