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Sheik (The)

  • Cheik (Le)
Genre : Adventure
Type : Fiction
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 1921
Format : Feature
Running time : 80 (in minutes)
Film Black & white

Sheik Ahmed (Valentino) desperately desires fiesty British socialite Diana (Ayres), so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious desert tent-palace. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released. Only after being kidnapped by desert bandits does Diana realize how much she has grown to love Ahmed, who comes to her rescue in the nick of time.

A film by George Melford

USA, 1921, Fiction, 1h20, aventure

starring Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Ruth Miller, George Waggner, Frank Butler

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