The Son of the Sheik

Sep 5, 1926

1h 9m

★ 6.2

"An eye for an eye-a hate for a hate-that my girl, is the law of the tribe."

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Feature Productions

United Artists

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Cast

Ahmed, the Sheik's Son / Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan

Rudolph Valentino

Yasmin, André's Daughter

Vilma Banky

André Romez

George Fawcett

Ghabah

Montagu Love

Diana - Wife of the Sheik

Agnes Ayres

Ramadan

Karl Dane

Mountebank

Bull Montana

Mountebank (as Binunsky Hyman)

Bynunsky Hyman

Bit Part

Earl Gordon Bostwick

The Zouve

Erwin Connelly

S'rir

William Donovan

Pierre - Ahmed's Friend

Charles Requa

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