The Prisoner of Shark Island

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

  • Rated 6.8 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1936
  • 1h 33m
  • Drama
  • History

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth — responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — 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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Director
John Ford
Starring
Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron

Cast

  • Warner Baxter

    Warner Baxter

    Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

  • Gloria Stuart

    Gloria Stuart

    Mrs. Peggy Mudd

  • Claude Gillingwater

    Claude Gillingwater

    Colonel Dyer

  • Arthur Byron

    Arthur Byron

    Mr. Erickson

  • O. P. Heggie

    O. P. Heggie

    Dr. Mac Intyre

  • Harry Carey

    Harry Carey

    Commandant

  • Francis Ford

    Francis Ford

    Corporal O'Toole

  • John McGuire

    John McGuire

    Lieutenant Lovett

  • Francis McDonald

    Francis McDonald

    John Wilkes Booth

  • Douglas Wood

    Douglas Wood

    General Ewing

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