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The Sheik

A photoplay of tempestuous love between a madcap English beauty and a bronzed Arab chief!

  • Movie
  • 1921
  • NR
  • 1h 26m

Directed by George Melford

5.9

TMDB audience rating
5.9 out of 10 from 63 votes

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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...

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Play trailer: The Sheik (1921) - with Rudolph Valentino

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Cast and crew

  • Rudolph Valentino

    Rudolph ValentinoSheik Ahmed Ben Hassan

  • Agnes Ayres

    Agnes AyresLady Diana Mayo

  • Ruth MillerZilah - A Marriage Market Prospect

  • George Waggner

    George WaggnerYousaef - Tribal Chieftain (as George Waggener)

  • Frank Butler

    Frank ButlerSir Aubrey Mayo

  • Charles Brinley

    Charles BrinleyMustapha Ali - Diana's Guide (as Charles Brindley)

  • Lucien Littlefield

    Lucien LittlefieldGaston - French Valet

  • Adolphe Menjou

    Adolphe MenjouDr. Raoul de St. Hubert

  • Walter Long

    Walter LongOmair - the Bandit

  • Sally Blane

    Sally BlaneArab Child (uncredited)

  • Earl Gordon BostwickSuitor (uncredited)

  • Rafael NegreteViolinist (uncredited)

  • Natacha Rambova

    Natacha RambovaArab Dancer (uncredited)

  • Loretta Young

    Loretta YoungArab Child (uncredited)

  • Polly Ann Young

    Polly Ann YoungArab Child (uncredited)

Director
George Melford
Writer
Edith Maude Hull and Monte M. Katterjohn
Cinematography
William Marshall