The Sheik

1921 PG-13 1h 26m

6.0 / 10 62

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6.0/10

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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...

Director George Melford

Writers

Edith Maude Hull Monte M. Katterjohn

Stars

Rudolph Valentino Agnes Ayres Ruth Miller

Rudolph Valentino

Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan

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)

Violinist (uncredited)

Natacha Rambova

Arab Dancer (uncredited)

Loretta Young

Arab Child (uncredited)

Polly Ann Young

Arab Child (uncredited)

Adventure Drama Romance

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Geronimo1967 6 Jun 2022

6/10

I was actually quite disappointed with this film. It has all the ingredients, all right, but somehow it just doesn't rise! Agnes Ayres is the feisty, determined "Lady Diana Mayo", a non-nonsense British aristocrat who visits Algeria where she meets the eponymous "Sheik Ahmed". She isn't much bothered about him, either way, but he falls hook, line and sinker and secrets her away to his oasis home. ...