The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
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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Warner Baxter
as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart
as Mrs. Peggy Mudd
as Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater
as Colonel Dyer
as Colonel Dyer
Arthur Byron
as Mr. Erickson
as Mr. Erickson
O. P. Heggie
as Dr. Mac Intyre
as Dr. Mac Intyre
Harry Carey
as Commandant
as Commandant
Francis Ford
as Corporal O'Toole
as Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire
as Lieutenant Lovett
as Lieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonald
as John Wilkes Booth
as John Wilkes Booth
Douglas Wood
as General Ewing
as General Ewing
John Carradine
as Sergeant Rankin
as Sergeant Rankin
Joyce Kay
as Martha Mudd
as Martha Mudd
Fred Kohler Jr.
as Sergeant Cooper
as Sergeant Cooper
Ernest Whitman
as Buck
as Buck
Paul Fix
as David Herold
as David Herold
Frank Shannon
as Mr. Holt
as Mr. Holt
Frank McGlynn Sr.
as Abraham Lincoln
as Abraham Lincoln
Leila McIntyre
as Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
as Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
Etta McDaniel
as Aunt Rosabelle
as Aunt Rosabelle
J.M. Kerrigan
as Judge Maiben
as Judge Maiben
Arthur Loft
as Carpet Bagger
as Carpet Bagger
Paul McVey
as General Hunter
as General Hunter
Maurice Murphy
as Orderly
as Orderly
Matthew Beard
as Boy at Dr. Mudd's door
as Boy at Dr. Mudd's door
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W. D. Flick
Sound
Sound
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Sound
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Designer
Costume Designer
Louis Silvers
Music Director
Music Director
Joseph M. Schenck
Presenter
Presenter
John Ford
Director
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Screenplay
Jack Murray
Editor
Editor
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Producer
William S. Darling
Art Direction
Art Direction
Nunnally Johnson
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Edward O'Fearna
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
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