The Desert Sheik (1924)
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?
Director: Tom Terriss
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Wanda Hawley as Corinne Adams |
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Nigel Barrie as Maj. Egerton |
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Pedro de Cordoba as Prince Ibrahim |
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Edith Craig as Miss Adams |
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Stewart Rome as Rev. Roden |
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Douglas Munro as Mansoor |
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Cyril Smith as Lord Howard Cecil |
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Arthur M. Cullin as Sir Charles Roden |
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Percy Standing as Stephen Belmont |
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Hamed El Gabrey as Emir - Desert Sheik |
| Directing | Tom Terriss | Director |
| Writing | Arthur Conan Doyle | Novel |
| Art | Arthur Hoerl | Title Illustration |
| Writing | Alice Ramsey | Scenario Writer |
| Production | A.C. Bromhead | Producer |
| Crew | H.W. Bishop | Cinematography |
| Crew | A. St. A. Brown | Cinematography |
| Editing | Arthur Hoerl | Editor |