The Son of the Sheik
"An eye for an eye-a hate for a hate-that my girl, is the law of the tribe."
A silent-era adventure romance built on passion, betrayal, and revenge, where love and tribal honor collide in a desert setting.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Rudolph Valentino
Ahmed, the Sheik's Son / Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
Vilma Banky
Yasmin, André's Daughter
George Fawcett
André Romez
Montagu Love
Ghabah
Agnes Ayres
Diana - Wife of the Sheik
Karl Dane
Ramadan
Bull Montana
Mountebank
Bynunsky Hyman
Mountebank (as Binunsky Hyman)
Earl Gordon Bostwick
Bit Part
Erwin Connelly
The Zouve
William Donovan
S'rir
Charles Requa
Pierre - Ahmed's Friend
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