The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 9m.
Synopsis
Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father's gang of mountebanks. She and Ahmed meet secretly until one night when her father and the gang capture the son of the sheik, torture him, and hold him for ransom.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
34 audience votes
Key crew
- George FitzmauriceDirector
- Frances MarionScreenplay
- Fred De GresacScreenplay
Cast
- Rudolph ValentinoAhmed, the Sheik's Son / Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
- Vilma BankyYasmin, André's Daughter
- George FawcettAndré Romez
- Montagu LoveGhabah
- Agnes AyresDiana - Wife of the Sheik
- Karl DaneRamadan
- Bull MontanaMountebank
- Bynunsky HymanMountebank (as Binunsky Hyman)
- Earl Gordon BostwickBit Part
- Erwin ConnellyThe Zouve
- William DonovanS'rir
- Charles RequaPierre - Ahmed's Friend
Stills
Themes
ransomsheikloverevengesilent film