The Son of the Sheik (1926)

  • NR
  • 09/05/1926 (US)
  • Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
  • 1h 9m

"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.

George Fitzmaurice

Director

Edith Maude Hull

Novel

Frances Marion

Screenplay

Fred De Gresac

Screenplay

Cast

Rudolph Valentino's headshot

Rudolph Valentino

Ahmed, the Sheik's Son / Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
Vilma Banky's headshot

Vilma Banky

Yasmin, André's Daughter
George Fawcett's headshot

George Fawcett

André Romez
Montagu Love's headshot

Montagu Love

Ghabah
Agnes Ayres's headshot

Agnes Ayres

Diana - Wife of the Sheik
Karl Dane's headshot

Karl Dane

Ramadan
Bull Montana's headshot

Bull Montana

Mountebank
Bynunsky Hyman's headshot

Bynunsky Hyman

Mountebank (as Binunsky Hyman)

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