The Desert Sheik

The Desert Sheik is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Pedro de Cordoba. British star Stewart Rome also appears in a supporting role. The story is inspired by the 1898 novel The Tragedy of the Korosko by Arthur Conan Doyle.

Synopsis
An American woman in Egypt falls in love with a major in the British Army. While on a trip through the desert they are attacked by Bedouins, and the woman captured. British troops stage a rescue mission.

Cast

 * Wanda Hawley as Corinne Adams
 * Nigel Barrie as Major Egerton
 * Pedro de Cordoba as Prince Ibrahim
 * Edith Craig as Miss Adams
 * Arthur M. Cullin as Sir Charles Roden
 * Stewart Rome as Reverend Roden
 * Douglas Munro as Mansoor
 * Percy Standing as Stephen Belmont
 * Cyril Smith as Lord Howard Cecil
 * Hamed El Gabrey as Emir - Desert Sheik