The Desert Sheik (1924)
Corinne Adams, a young American girl touring Egypt, meets a British soldier, Maj. Egerton, in Cairo, and they fall in love. She doesn't know that the major is suffering from a terminal illness. They and some friends take a trip into the desert and are attacked by a Bedouin tribe. The women are captured and the major is knocked out and left for dead. Can British troops arrive in time to save the women from a fate worse than death?
- Released
- 1924-07-21
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tom Terriss
- TMDB rating
- 9.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Wanda Hawley as Corinne Adams
- Nigel Barrie as Maj. Egerton
- Pedro de Cordoba as Prince Ibrahim
- Edith Craig as Miss Adams
- Stewart Rome as Rev. Roden
- Douglas Munro as Mansoor
- Cyril Smith as Lord Howard Cecil
- Arthur M. Cullin as Sir Charles Roden
- Percy Standing as Stephen Belmont
- Hamed El Gabrey as Emir - Desert Sheik