The Son of the Sheik (1926)
"An eye for an eye-a hate for a hate-that my girl, is the law of the tribe."
68 min
Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father's gang of mountebanks. She and Ahmed meet secretly until one night when her father and the gang capture the son of the sheik, torture him, and hold him for ransom.
- Release date
- September 5, 1926
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Artur Guttmann, Jack Ward
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Cast
- Rudolph Valentino as Ahmed
- Vilma Bánky as Yasmin
- George Fawcett as André
- Montagu Love as Ghabah
- Agnes Ayres as Diana - Wife of the Sheik
- Karl Dane as Ramadan
- Bull Montana as Mountebank
- Bynunsky Hyman as Mountebank
- Erwin Connelly as The Zouve
- Charles Requa as Pierre - Ahmed's Friend
- Rudolph Valentino as The Sheik
- Harry Blassingame as One of Sheik's Men
- Earl Gordon Bostwick as Bit Part
Crew
- George Fitzmaurice · Director
- Edith Maude Hull · Writer
- Frances Marion · Writer
- Frédérique De Grésac · Writer
- George Marion Jr. · Writer
- George Fitzmaurice · Producer
- Artur Guttmann · Composer
- Jack Ward · Composer
- George Barnes · Cinematographer