The Sheik
“A photoplay of tempestuous love between a madcap English beauty and a bronzed Arab chief!”
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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2 films
Cast
15 people
Rudolph Valentino
Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
Known for
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Eagle
Agnes Ayres
Lady Diana Mayo
Known for
The Ten Commandments
Ruth Miller
Zilah - A Marriage Market Prospect
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The Volga Boatman
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
George Waggner
Yousaef - Tribal Chieftain (as George Waggener)
Known for
The Iron Horse
Frank Butler
Sir Aubrey Mayo
Also in
Beyond the Rocks
Hot Stuff
Charles Brinley
Mustapha Ali - Diana's Guide (as Charles Brindley)
Also in
Moran of the Lady Letty
California in '49
Lucien Littlefield
Gaston - French Valet
Known for
Sons of the Desert
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Adolphe Menjou
Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
Known for
Paths of Glory
The Front Page
Walter Long
Omair - the Bandit
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
Pardon Us
Sally Blane
Arab Child (uncredited)
Known for
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Earl Gordon Bostwick
Suitor (uncredited)
Rafael Negrete
Violinist (uncredited)
Also in
Blood and Sand
George Melford Director · Monte M. Katterjohn Writer Edith Maude Hull Author
Worldwide gross $1.5M · Budget $200K · United States release November 20, 1921
Box office
Budget
$200,000
Worldwide gross
$1,500,000
Gross vs. budget
7.5×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · No dialogue
Release dates
United States · November 20, 1921
Theatrical
Austria
January 1, 1922 · Theatrical
France
March 17, 2009 · Physical · DVD
October 27, 2021 · Physical · Blu-Ray
United Kingdom
February 25, 1924
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