The Sheik (1921)
"A photoplay of tempestuous love between a madcap English beauty and a bronzed Arab chief!"
Title: The Sheik
Original Title: The Sheik
Release Date: 1921-11-20
Status: Released
Rating: 5.9/10 (from 58 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
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...
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)
