The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
96 min
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.
- Release date
- February 28, 1936
- Country of origin
- United States
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Trailer
Cast
- Warner Baxter as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
- Gloria Stuart as Mrs. Peggy Mudd
- Claude Gillingwater as Col. Jeremiah Milford Dyer
- Arthur Byron as Mr. Erickson
- O.P. Heggie as Dr. MacIntyre
- Harry Carey as Commandant of Fort Jefferson
- Francis Ford as Cpl. O'Toole
- John McGuire as Lt. Lovett
- Francis McDonald as John Wilkes Booth
- Douglas Wood as Gen. Thomas Ewing
- John Carradine as Sergeant Rankin
- Joyce Kay as Martha Mudd
- Fred Kohler Jr. as Sergeant Cooper
- Ernest Whitman as Buck
- Paul Fix as David Herold
- Frank Shannon as Mr. Holt
- Frank McGlynn Sr. as Abraham Lincoln
- Leila McIntyre as Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
- Etta McDaniel as Aunt Rosabelle
- J.M. Kerrigan as Judge Maiben
- Arthur Loft as Carpet Bagger
- Paul McVey as General Hunter
- Maurice Murphy as Orderly
- Matthew 'Stymie' Beard as Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)
- Frank Baker as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Stanley Blystone as Boy Seeking Dr. Mudd (uncredited)
- Whitney Bourne as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Lester Dorr as George A. Atzerodt (uncredited)
- Robert Dudley as Druggist at Trial (uncredited)
Crew
- John Ford · Director
- Nunnally Johnson · Writer
- Darryl F. Zanuck · Producer
- Bert Glennon · Cinematographer
- Jack Murray · Editor