The Son of the Sheik (1926)

09/05/1926 (US) • 1h 9m

Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance

"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.

Top Billed Cast

Rudolph Valentino

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

Vilma Banky

Yasmin, André's Daughter

George Fawcett

André Romez

Agnes Ayres

Diana - Wife of the Sheik

Karl Dane

Ramadan

Bull Montana

Mountebank

Bynunsky Hyman

Mountebank (as Binunsky Hyman)


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Part of the The Sheik Collection

Includes The Sheik, The Son of the Sheik

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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

ransom

sheik

love

revenge

silent film

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