The Prisoner of Shark Island
Drama | History
6.8
Release Date
February 28, 1936
Duration
93 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Warner Baxter
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Gloria Stuart
Colonel Dyer
Claude Gillingwater
Mr. Erickson
Arthur Byron
Dr. Mac Intyre
O. P. Heggie
Commandant
Harry Carey
Corporal O'Toole
Francis Ford
Lieutenant Lovett
John McGuire
John Wilkes Booth
Francis McDonald
General Ewing
Douglas Wood
Sergeant Rankin
John Carradine
Martha Mudd
Joyce Kay
Sergeant Cooper
Fred Kohler Jr.
Buck
Ernest Whitman
David Herold
Paul Fix
Mr. Holt
Frank Shannon
Abraham Lincoln
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
Leila McIntyre
Aunt Rosabelle
Etta McDaniel
Judge Maiben
J.M. Kerrigan
Carpet Bagger
Arthur Loft
General Hunter
Paul McVey
Orderly
Maurice Murphy
Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)
Matthew Beard
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