The Sheik
Adventure
Drama
Romance
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...
1921-11-20
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Cast
Director
George Melford
Rudolph Valentino as Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
Agnes Ayres as Lady Diana Mayo
George Waggner as Yousaef - Tribal Chieftain (as George Waggener)
Frank Butler as Sir Aubrey Mayo
Charles Brinley as Mustapha Ali - Diana's Guide (as Charles Brindley)
Lucien Littlefield as Gaston - French Valet
Adolphe Menjou as Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
Walter Long as Omair - the Bandit
Sally Blane as Arab Child (uncredited)
Natacha Rambova as Arab Dancer (uncredited)
Loretta Young as Arab Child (uncredited)
Polly Ann Young as Arab Child (uncredited)