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The Sheik

A photoplay of tempestuous love between a madcap English beauty and a bronzed Arab chief!

1921 · NR · 1h 26m

Directed by George Melford

5.9

TMDB audience score
63 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released. Later, allowed to go into the desert, she escapes and makes her way across the sands...

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Cast

  • Rudolph Valentino
    Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan

  • Agnes Ayres
    Lady Diana Mayo

  • Ruth Miller
    Zilah - A Marriage Market Prospect

  • George Waggner
    Yousaef - Tribal Chieftain (as George Waggener)

  • Frank Butler
    Sir Aubrey Mayo

  • Charles Brinley
    Mustapha Ali - Diana's Guide (as Charles Brindley)

  • Lucien Littlefield
    Gaston - French Valet

  • Adolphe Menjou
    Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert

  • Walter Long
    Omair - the Bandit

  • Sally Blane
    Arab Child (uncredited)

  • Earl Gordon Bostwick
    Suitor (uncredited)

  • Rafael Negrete
    Violinist (uncredited)

  • Natacha Rambova
    Arab Dancer (uncredited)

  • Loretta Young
    Arab Child (uncredited)

  • Polly Ann Young
    Arab Child (uncredited)