
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.
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

Ernest Whitman
Buck

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

Maurice Murphy
Orderly

Matthew Beard
Boy at Dr. Mudd's door
Crew (14)
Directing

John Ford
Director

Edward O'Fearna
Assistant Director
Writing

Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Production

Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer

Nunnally Johnson
Associate Producer
Sound
Art

Thomas Little
Set Decoration

William S. Darling
Art Direction
Camera

Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Gwen Wakeling
Costume Designer
Crew

Joseph M. Schenck
Presenter
Editing

Jack Murray
Editor