1921 · 86 min · Adventure, Drama, Romance
Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released. Later, allowed to go into the desert, she escapes and makes her way across the sands...
Directed by George Melford. Starring Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Ruth Miller, George Waggner and Frank Butler.
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