The Desert Sheik

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1924 · 60 min · Adventure · Drama · Romance · TMDB 9.0/10

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?

Directed by Tom Terriss

Cast

• Wanda Hawley — Corinne Adams
• Nigel Barrie — Maj. Egerton
• Pedro de Cordoba — Prince Ibrahim
• Edith Craig — Miss Adams
• Stewart Rome — Rev. Roden