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The Sheik

The Sheik

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 20, 1921

Runtime

1h 6m

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Romance

User Score

59%

Original Title

The Sheik

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

Director

George Melford

Description

Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released. Later, allowed to go into the desert, she escapes and makes her way across the sands...