The Prisoner of Shark Island
movie
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
Released February 28, 1936
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
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
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Joyce Kay
as
Martha Mudd
Crew
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W.D. Flick
as
Sound
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Roger Heman Sr.
as
Sound
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Gwen Wakeling
as
Costume Designer
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Louis Silvers
as
Music Director
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Joseph M. Schenck
as
Presenter
John Ford
as
Director
Nunnally Johnson
as
Screenplay
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Jack Murray
as
Editor
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Thomas Little
as
Set Decoration
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Darryl F. Zanuck
as
Producer
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William S. Darling
as
Art Direction
Nunnally Johnson
as
Associate Producer