The White Sheik, also known as King's Mate, is a 1928 British silent adventure film directed by Harley Knoles and starring Lillian Hall-Davis, Jameson Thomas and Warwick Ward. It was based on the novel King's Mate by Rosita Forbes. Synopsis While spending the winter in the Moroccan city of Fez young Englishwoman Rosemary encounters a vile man Martengo who tries to force his attentions on her. Escaping to the desert she becomes lost and is rescued by a mysterious Englishman known as the White Sheik. Cast Lillian Hall-Davis as Rosemary Tregarthen Jameson Thomas as Westwyn Warwick Ward as Martengo Clifford McLaglen as Manheebe Gibb McLaughlin as Jock Forrester Harvey as Pat Julie Suedo as Zarita Release For its December 1929 New York City premiere at the Little Carnegie Playhouse it was accompanied by the Hal Roach Studios comedy Feed ’em and Weep and the Universum Film AG documentary short Strange Prayers. Reception The New York Times reviewer Mordaunt Hall called the film "amateurish" and "boring", with characters he thought "as silly a lot as have ever darted to and fro on the screen." References External links 1928 films 1928 adventure films British adventure films Films shot at British International Pictures Studios 1920s English-language films Films directed by Harley Knoles British silent feature films British black-and-white films Films set in Morocco Films based on British novels Silent adventure films 1920s British films