The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1936-02-28
  • User Rating: 6.888/10 from 49 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: John Ford
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Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • 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
Writing Nunnally Johnson Screenplay
Directing John Ford Director
Art Thomas Little Set Decoration
Production Darryl F. Zanuck Producer
Art William S. Darling Art Direction
Directing Edward O'Fearna Assistant Director
Editing Jack Murray Editor
Production Nunnally Johnson Associate Producer
Camera Bert Glennon Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Gwen Wakeling Costume Designer
Sound W. D. Flick Sound
Sound Roger Heman Sr. Sound
Sound Louis Silvers Music Director
Crew Joseph M. Schenck Presenter

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