The Prisoner of Shark Island
Drama | History
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
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Boy Seeking Dr. Mudd (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Stanley Bordagaray
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Whitney Bourne
George A. Atzerodt (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Druggist at Trial (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Actress at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Jan Duggan
Usher (uncredited)
Earl Eby
Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Sergeant (uncredited)
Bud Geary
Lewis Payne (uncredited)
Melvin J. Gibby
Prisoner (uncredited)
Charles Haefeli
Sergeant (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
John Lester Johnson
Blanche (uncredited)
Beulah Hall Jones
Soldier (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Sergeant (uncredited)
Duke R. Lee
Testifying Colonel (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
Edman Spangler (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie
Blacksmith (uncredited)
James A. Marcus
Court-Martial Participant (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Doctor (uncredited)
Paul McAllister
Commandant's Aide (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick
Ship's Captain (uncredited)
J.P. McGowan
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Arthur Millett
Court-Martial Member (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Robert Parrish
Soldier (uncredited)
Vester Pegg
Corporal (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Black Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited)
George H. Reed
Agitating Orator (uncredited)
Paul Stanton
Trooper (uncredited)
Tom Steele
Ship's Mate (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Michael O'Laughlin (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton
Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Ray Turner
Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Blue Washington
Washington (DC) Citizen (uncredited)
Charles West
Mary Surratt (uncredited)
Cecil Weston
Maj. Rathbone (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock
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