The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

Drama History

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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  • Release Date: 1936-02-28
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Director: John Ford

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    • Trailer

    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

    • 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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