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The Son of the Sheik

The Son of the Sheik

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 5, 1926

Runtime

1h 9m

Genres

Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance

User Score

63%

Original Title

The Son of the Sheik

Production Companies

Feature Productions, United Artists

Director

George Fitzmaurice

Description

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.