The Prisoner of Shark Island
54 reviews
Drama/History
1h 33m
1936
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in...
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After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.
- DirectorJohn Ford
- Release28 February 1936
- Genre
- Duration1h 33m
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- Revenue?
- Rate54 reviews
- Productions
20th Century Fox
Cast

Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Peggy Mudd

Claude Gillingwater
Colonel Dyer

Arthur Byron
Mr. Erickson

O. P. Heggie
Dr. Mac Intyre

Harry Carey
Commandant

Francis Ford
Corporal O'Toole

John McGuire
Lieutenant Lovett

Francis McDonald
John Wilkes Booth

Douglas Wood
General Ewing

John Carradine
Sergeant Rankin

Fred Kohler Jr.
Sergeant Cooper

Ernest Whitman
Buck

Paul Fix
David Herold

Frank Shannon
Mr. Holt

Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln

Etta McDaniel
Aunt Rosabelle

J.M. Kerrigan
Judge Maiben

Arthur Loft
Carpet Bagger

Paul McVey
General Hunter

Maurice Murphy
Orderly

Matthew Beard
Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)

Frank Baker

Stanley Blystone

Whitney Bourne

Lester Dorr
George A. Atzerodt

Robert Dudley
Druggist at Trial

Jan Duggan
Actress at Ford's Theatre

Dick Elliott
Actor at Ford's Theatre

Bess Flowers
Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box

Bud Geary
Sergeant

Robert Homans
Sergeant

Paul Kruger
Soldier

Duke R. Lee
Sergeant

Wilfred Lucas
Testifying Colonel

Murdock MacQuarrie
Edman Spangler

James A. Marcus
Blacksmith

Eric Mayne
Court-Martial Participant

Paul McAllister
Doctor

J.P. McGowan
Ship's Captain

Wedgwood Nowell
Court-Martial Member

Jack Pennick
Corporal

George H. Reed
Black Man Giving Booth Directions

Paul Stanton
Agitating Orator

Tom Steele
Trooper

Harry Strang
Ship's Mate

Ray Turner
Black Soldier at Prison

Blue Washington
Black Soldier at Prison

Charles West
Washington (DC) Citizen

Lloyd Whitlock
Maj. Rathbone
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