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?

• Release Date: 1924-07-21
• Runtime: 1h 0min
• Production Company: Truart Film Co.
• Production Country: United States of America
• Director: Tom Terriss