Piratas de Trípoli

Donald Woods is a passenger aboard an American ship captured by the Barbary pirates. He is roundly disliked because he is a Tory, someone who thinks we should never have won the American Revolution. He quickly wins the trust of Stefan Schnabel, the Bey of Tripoli, and the hatred of Trudy Marshall, one of the American prisoners. What neither of them know is he is actually an officer of the United States Army, sent to winkle out who is betraying American shipping routes to the pirates.

It shows all the hallmarks of a Columbia B picture, with the complex shots lifted from older movies, a worn story, people fencing with scimitars, and Schnabel and John Dehner sounding like they took elocution lessons from Akim Tamiroff. Director Lew Landers does try some interesting camera angles, largely to cover up stunt doubling, and there are plenty of extras to fill in the scenes.