The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936-02-28)
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
Overview
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.
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Status: Released
Release Date: 1936-02-28
Runtime: 1h 33m
Director: John Ford
Writer: Nunnally Johnson
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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
Joyce Kay
Martha Mudd
Fred Kohler Jr.
Sergeant Cooper
Ernest Whitman
Buck
Paul Fix
David Herold
Frank Shannon
Mr. Holt
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln
Leila McIntyre
Mrs. 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
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Boy Seeking Dr. Mudd (uncredited)
Stanley Bordagaray
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Whitney Bourne
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
George A. Atzerodt (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Druggist at Trial (uncredited)
Jan Duggan
Actress at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Earl Eby
Usher (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Sergeant (uncredited)
Melvin J. Gibby
Lewis Payne (uncredited)
Charles Haefeli
Prisoner (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Sergeant (uncredited)
John Lester Johnson
Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Beulah Hall Jones
Blanche (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Soldier (uncredited)
Duke R. Lee
Sergeant (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Testifying Colonel (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie
Edman Spangler (uncredited)
James A. Marcus
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Court-Martial Participant (uncredited)
Paul McAllister
Doctor (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick
Commandant's Aide (uncredited)
J.P. McGowan
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Arthur Millett
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
Court-Martial Member (uncredited)
Robert Parrish
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Vester Pegg
Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Corporal (uncredited)
George H. Reed
Black Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited)
Paul Stanton
Agitating Orator (uncredited)
Tom Steele
Trooper (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Ship's Mate (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton
Michael O'Laughlin (uncredited)
Ray Turner
Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Blue Washington
Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Charles West
Washington (DC) Citizen (uncredited)
Cecil Weston
Mary Surratt (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock
Maj. Rathbone (uncredited)

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