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