The Sheik

The Sheik

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1921-11-20
Genre:Adventure, Drama, Romance
Duration:86 min
Country:United States of America
Director:George Melford
Actors:Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Ruth Miller, George Waggner, Frank Butler
Production:Paramount Pictures, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

Overview:

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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