The Desert Sheik is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Wanda Hawley, Nigel Barrie and Pedro de Cordoba.

[1] 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.

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.