The read
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 26m.
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...
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
63 audience votes
Key crew
- George MelfordDirector
- Monte M. KatterjohnWriter
Cast
- Rudolph ValentinoSheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
- Agnes AyresLady Diana Mayo
- Ruth MillerZilah - A Marriage Market Prospect
- George WaggnerYousaef - Tribal Chieftain (as George Waggener)
- Frank ButlerSir Aubrey Mayo
- Charles BrinleyMustapha Ali - Diana's Guide (as Charles Brindley)
- Lucien LittlefieldGaston - French Valet
- Adolphe MenjouDr. Raoul de St. Hubert
- Walter LongOmair - the Bandit
- Sally BlaneArab Child (uncredited)
- Earl Gordon BostwickSuitor (uncredited)
- Rafael NegreteViolinist (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
silent film