The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd 1936-02-28 United States of America 93 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Warner Baxter is Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart is Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater is Colonel Dyer
Arthur Byron is Mr. Erickson
Mr. Erickson
O. P. Heggie is Dr. Mac Intyre
Dr. Mac Intyre
Harry Carey is Commandant
Commandant
Francis Ford is Corporal O'Toole
Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire is Lieutenant Lovett
Lieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonald is John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth
Douglas Wood is General Ewing
General Ewing
John Carradine is Sergeant Rankin
Sergeant Rankin
Joyce Kay is Martha Mudd
Martha Mudd