Directed by:
George FitzmauriceScreenplay:
Frances MarionCinematography:
George BarnesCast:
Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, George Fawcett, Montagu Love, Karl Dane, Bull Montana, Agnes AyresPlots(1)
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. Among the cutthroats is Ghobah, a villainous Moor to whom Yasmin is promised. In ruins near Touggourt, the city where Yasmin dances, 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. Will Ahmed believe that Yasmin set him up for capture? Even if true love finds a way through webs of deceit, what will the vigorous and imposing sheik say about his son consorting with a dancing girl? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Rudolph Valentino](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268119_f0659f.jpg)
Rudolph Valentino
Italy
Best movies:
Beyond the Rocks (1922)
Camille (1921)
Blood and Sand (1922)
![Vilma Bánky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278442_8dc64a.jpg)
Vilma Bánky
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Eagle (1925)
The Son of the Sheik (1926)
![George Fawcett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948791_ec6060.jpg)
George Fawcett
USA
Best movies:
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
True Heart Susie (1919)
![Montagu Love](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312436_7c582f.jpg)
Montagu Love
UK
Best movies:
The Wind (1928)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
![Karl Dane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277354_91f4d1.jpg)
Karl Dane
Denmark
Best movies:
The Big Parade (1925)
The Scarlet Letter (1926)
The Mysterious Island (1929)
![Bull Montana](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/411/161411278_4d0d40.jpg)
Bull Montana
Italy
Best movies:
The Lost World (1925)
The Son of the Sheik (1926)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
![Agnes Ayres](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792763_11646f.jpg)
Agnes Ayres
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1923)
The Son of the Sheik (1926)
The Sheik (1921)