Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father's gang of mountebanks. She and Ahmed meet secretly until one night when her father and the gang capture the son of the sheik, torture him, and hold him for ransom.
Rudolph Valentino
as Ahmed, the Sheik's Son / Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan
Vilma Banky
as Yasmin, André's Daughter
George Fawcett
as André Romez
Montagu Love
as Ghabah
Agnes Ayres
as Diana - Wife of the Sheik
Karl Dane
as Ramadan
Bull Montana
as Mountebank
Bynunsky Hyman
as Mountebank (as Binunsky Hyman)