The film was directed by Maurice Tourneur and stars Elsie Ferguson in her motion picture debut.

[1][2] As described in a film magazine,[3] following the close of the London social season, Katharine (Ferguson) suggests to her husband that they take a trip to Africa, and when Sir Claude (Hare) learns that there is excellent hunting, the pair book passage.

Out in the desert Katharine meets Benchaalal (de Cordoba), who is proud of his conquests of the feminine tourists.

Sir Claude, through accident, learns of Benchaalal and returns home unexpectedly from a hunting expedition.

Some scenes in Barbary Sheep were filmed near the Skyland Resort in what is now Shenandoah National Park.