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
Cast
Warner Baxter
as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart
as Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater
as Colonel Dyer
Arthur Byron
as Mr. Erickson
O. P. Heggie
as Dr. Mac Intyre
Harry Carey
as Commandant
Francis Ford
as Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire
as Lieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonald
as John Wilkes Booth
Douglas Wood
as General Ewing
John Carradine
as Sergeant Rankin
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
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 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)
Jan Duggan
as Actress at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Dick Elliott
as Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box (uncredited)
Bud Geary
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Robert Homans
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
as Soldier (uncredited)
Duke R. Lee
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
as Testifying Colonel (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie
as Edman Spangler (uncredited)
James A. Marcus
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
as Court-Martial Participant (uncredited)
Paul McAllister
as Doctor (uncredited)
J.P. McGowan
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as Court-Martial Member (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
as Corporal (uncredited)
George H. Reed
as Black Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited)
Paul Stanton
as Agitating Orator (uncredited)
Tom Steele
as Trooper (uncredited)
Harry Strang
as Ship's Mate (uncredited)
Ray Turner
as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Blue Washington
as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Charles West
as Washington (DC) Citizen (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock
as Maj. Rathbone (uncredited)
