The Son of the Sheik

The Son of the Sheik

68 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance | Sept. 5, 1926

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.

The Son of the Sheik

68 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance | Sept. 5, 1926

The Son of the Sheik
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers United Artists, Feature Productions
Original title The Son of the Sheik
Directors George Fitzmaurice
Writers Edith Maude Hull, Fred De Gresac, Frances Marion

Cast

Rudolph Valentino

as Ahmed, the Sheik's Son / Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan

Vilma Banky

as Yasmin, André's Daughter

George Fawcett

as André Romez

Montagu Love

as Ghabah

Agnes Ayres

as Diana - Wife of the Sheik

Karl Dane

as Ramadan

Bull Montana

as Mountebank

Bynunsky Hyman

as Mountebank (as Binunsky Hyman)