A Son of the Sahara is a 1924 American silent drama film produced and directed by Edwin Carewe and co-directed with René Plaissetty.

[1][2] As described in a film magazine review,[3] Raoul Le Breton is brought up as the son of a sheik of an Arab tribe, although he has been to college.

He falls in love with Barbara Barbier, who first accepts and later dismisses him when she learns of his native birth.

French troops rescue the captives, but in the meantime it transpires that Raoul is the offspring of white parents, and he and Barbara find happiness together.

Of the "Sheik" films of the 1920s, the plot of A Son of the Sahara was among the more racist in that Barbara, the European woman, completely rejects any romantic interest in Raoul until the very end of the film where it is established that he lacks any Arab ancestry and is fully French.