The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Release: 1936-02-28
·Runtime: 93m
·★ 6.8
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Fred Kohler Jr.
as Sergeant Cooper
Stanley Blystone
as Boy Seeking Dr. Mudd (uncredited)
Frank Shannon
as Mr. Holt
Maurice Murphy
as Orderly
Blue Washington
as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Charles West
as Washington (DC) Citizen (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock
as Maj. Rathbone (uncredited)
Harry Strang
as Ship's Mate (uncredited)
O. P. Heggie
as Dr. Mac Intyre
Francis McDonald
as John Wilkes Booth
Jan Duggan
as Actress at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
as Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Frank Baker
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box (uncredited)
Bud Geary
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
as Soldier (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
as Testifying Colonel (uncredited)
Arthur Byron
as Mr. Erickson
Duke R. Lee
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Claude Gillingwater
as Colonel Dyer
Harry Carey
as Commandant
Douglas Wood
as General Ewing
Arthur Loft
as Carpet Bagger
Robert Homans
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
as Court-Martial Participant (uncredited)
Warner Baxter
as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
John McGuire
as Lieutenant Lovett
Etta McDaniel
as Aunt Rosabelle
Paul Stanton
as Agitating Orator (uncredited)
Paul McVey
as General Hunter
J.P. McGowan
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
as Corporal (uncredited)
Ray Turner
as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Francis Ford
as Corporal O'Toole
Ernest Whitman
as Buck
Robert Dudley
as Druggist at Trial (uncredited)
James A. Marcus
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
John Carradine
as Sergeant Rankin
Frank McGlynn Sr.
as Abraham Lincoln
Murdock MacQuarrie
as Edman Spangler (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as Court-Martial Member (uncredited)
George H. Reed
as Black Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited)
Whitney Bourne
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Gloria Stuart
as Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Paul Fix
as David Herold
J.M. Kerrigan
as Judge Maiben
Paul McAllister
as Doctor (uncredited)
Matthew Beard
as Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
as George A. Atzerodt (uncredited)
