The Sheik
1921 · 86 min · Adventure, Drama, RomanceNR
A photoplay of tempestuous love between a madcap English beauty and a bronzed Arab chief!
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...
- Director
- George Melford
- Writers
- Edith Maude Hull, Monte M. Katterjohn
- Released
- November 20, 1921
- Language
- English
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)
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