The Desert Sheik

The Desert Sheik is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Pedro de Cordoba. British star Stewart Rome also appears in a supporting role. The story is inspired by the 1898 novel The Tragedy of the Korosko by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Synopsis

An American woman in Egypt falls in love with a major in the British Army. While on a trip through the desert they are attacked by Bedouins, and the woman is captured. British troops stage a rescue mission.

Cast

• Wanda Hawley as Corinne Adams
• Nigel Barrie as Major Egerton
• Pedro de Cordoba as Prince Ibrahim
• Edith Craig as Miss Adams
• Arthur M. Cullin as Sir Charles Roden
• Stewart Rome as Reverend Roden
• Douglas Munro as Mansoor
• Percy Standing as Stephen Belmont
• Cyril Smith as Lord Howard Cecil
• Hamed El Gabrey as Emir - Desert Sheik

References

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

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