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The Prisoner of Shark Island

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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The Prisoner of Shark Island

February 28, 1936
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Cast (24)

Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater
Colonel Dyer
Arthur Byron
Mr. Erickson
O. P. Heggie
Dr. Mac Intyre
Harry Carey
Commandant
Francis Ford
Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire
Lieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonald
John Wilkes Booth
Douglas Wood
General Ewing
John Carradine
Sergeant Rankin
Joyce Kay
Martha Mudd
Fred Kohler Jr.
Sergeant Cooper
Paul Fix
David Herold
Frank Shannon
Mr. Holt
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln
Leila McIntyre
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
Etta McDaniel
Aunt Rosabelle
J.M. Kerrigan
Judge Maiben
Arthur Loft
Carpet Bagger
Paul McVey
General Hunter
Matthew Beard
Boy at Dr. Mudd's door

Crew (14)

Directing

John Ford
Director
Edward O'Fearna
Assistant Director

Writing

Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay

Production

Nunnally Johnson
Associate Producer

Sound

Louis Silvers
Music Director

Art

Thomas Little
Set Decoration
William S. Darling
Art Direction

Camera

Bert Glennon
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Gwen Wakeling
Costume Designer

Crew

Editing

Jack Murray
Editor

Lighting

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Visual Effects

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