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The Desert Sheik

  • 1924
  • TMDB 9.0/10
  • 1h

Corinne Adams, a young American girl touring Egypt, meets a British soldier, Maj. Egerton, in Cairo, and they fall in love. She doesn't know that the major is suffering from a terminal illness. They and some friends take a trip into the desert and are attacked by a Bedouin tribe. The women are captured and the major is knocked out and left for dead. Can British troops arrive in time to save the women from a fate worse than death?

Overview

Corinne Adams, a young American girl touring Egypt, meets a British soldier, Maj. Egerton, in Cairo, and they fall in love. She doesn't know that the major is suffering from a terminal illness. They and some friends take a trip into the desert and are attacked by a Bedouin tribe. The women are captured and the major is knocked out and left for dead. Can British troops arrive in time to save the women from a fate worse than death?

Cast

  • Wanda HawleyCorinne Adams
  • Nigel BarrieMaj. Egerton
  • Pedro de CordobaPrince Ibrahim
  • Edith CraigMiss Adams
  • Stewart RomeRev. Roden
  • Douglas MunroMansoor
  • Cyril SmithLord Howard Cecil
  • Arthur M. CullinSir Charles Roden

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