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1924 film directed by Tom Terriss

The Desert Sheik

Directed by	Tom Terriss
Written by	Arthur Hoerl Alicia Ramsey
Based on	The Tragedy of the Korosko by Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced by	A.C. Bromhead
Starring	Wanda Hawley Nigel Barrie Pedro de Cordoba
Edited by	Arthur Hoerl
Production companies	A.C. Bromhead Productions Truart Film Corporation
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	July 21, 1924 (1924-07-21)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

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 is 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

References

Munden p.180

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

The Desert Sheik at IMDb

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Films directed by Tom Terriss

Flame of Passion (1915)
The Pearl of the Antilles (1915
The Pursuing Shadow (1915)
Society Wolves (1916)
My Country First (1916)
The Fettered Woman (1917)
Find the Woman (1918)
The Song of the Soul (1918)
The Business of Life (1918)
Everybody's Girl (1918)
The Triumph of the Weak (1918)
To the Highest Bidder (1918)
The Woman Between Friends (1918)
The Spark Divine (1919)
The Tower of Jewels (1919)
The Captain's Captain (1919)
The Climbers (1919)
The Cambric Mask (1919)
The Bramble Bush (1919)
The Lion and the Mouse (1919)
The Third Degree (1919)
The Vengeance of Durand (1919)
Trumpet Island (1920)
Captain Swift (1920)
Dead Men Tell No Tales (1920)
The Fortune Hunter (1920)
The Heart of Maryland (1921)
Boomerang Bill (1922)
The Challenge (1922)
Find the Woman (1922)
The Bandolero (1924)
The Desert Sheik (1924)
His Buddy's Wife (1925)
The Romance of a Million Dollars (1926)
The Girl from Rio (1927)
Temptations of a Shop Girl (1927)
Beyond London Lights (1928)
Clothes Make the Woman (1928)
The Naughty Duchess (1928)

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