The Son of the Sheik
63 %|Sep 5, 1926|Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
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.
Featured Crew
Frances Marion
Adaptation
George Fitzmaurice
Director
Fred De Gresac
Adaptation
Edith Maude Hull
Novel
Frances Marion
Screenplay
George Barnes
Director of Photography
Fred De Gresac
Screenplay
Cast
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)