

The Sheik
1921 · Movie · 1h 26m · NR
AdventureDramaRomance
"A photoplay of tempestuous love between a madcap English beauty and a bronzed Arab chief!"
Overview
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
IMDb
6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
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)
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Themes
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