The Sheik (1921)
A photoplay of tempestuous love between a madcap English beauty and a bronzed Arab chief!
86 min
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...
- Release date
- October 30, 1921
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Rudolph Valentino as The Sheik - Ahmed Ben Hassan
- Agnes Ayres as Lady Diana Mayo
- Ruth Miller as Zilah - A Marriage Market Prospect
- George Waggner as Youssef - Tribal Chieftain
- Frank Butler as Sir Aubrey Mayo
- Charles Brinley as Mustapha Ali - Diana's Guide
- 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
Crew
- George Melford · Director
- Edith Maude Hull · Writer
- Monte M. Katterjohn · Writer
- Roger Bellon · Composer
- William Marshall · Cinematographer