The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

  • NR
  • 02/12/1936 (US)
  • Drama, History
  • 1h 33m

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.

John Ford

Director

Nunnally Johnson

Screenplay

Cast

Warner Baxter's headshot

Warner Baxter

Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart's headshot

Gloria Stuart

Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater's headshot

Claude Gillingwater

Colonel Dyer
Arthur Byron's headshot

Arthur Byron

Mr. Erickson
O. P. Heggie's headshot

O. P. Heggie

Dr. Mac Intyre
Harry Carey's headshot

Harry Carey

Commandant
Francis Ford's headshot

Francis Ford

Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire's headshot

John McGuire

Lieutenant Lovett

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