The Prisoner of Shark Island(1936)
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
93 min★ 6.9 TMDBDramaHistory
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth — responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.
Directed byJohn Ford
Cast
Warner BaxterDr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria StuartMrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude GillingwaterColonel Dyer
Arthur ByronMr. Erickson
O. P. HeggieDr. Mac Intyre
Harry CareyCommandant
Francis FordCorporal O'Toole
John McGuireLieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonaldJohn Wilkes Booth
Douglas WoodGeneral Ewing
John CarradineSergeant Rankin- JJoyce KayMartha Mudd
Fred Kohler Jr.Sergeant Cooper
Ernest WhitmanBuck
Paul FixDavid Herold
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