The Prisoner of Shark Island
6.888
49 Reviews
1936
1h 33min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
28 February 1936
Runtime
1h 33min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
20th Century Fox
Cast
Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater
Colonel Dyer
Arthur Byron
Mr. Erickson
O. P. Heggie
Dr. Mac Intyre
Harry Carey
Commandant
Francis Ford
Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire
Lieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonald
John Wilkes Booth
Douglas Wood
General Ewing
John Carradine
Sergeant Rankin
Joyce Kay
Martha Mudd
Fred Kohler Jr.
Sergeant Cooper
Ernest Whitman
Buck
Paul Fix
David Herold
Frank Shannon
Mr. Holt
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln
Leila McIntyre
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
Etta McDaniel
Aunt Rosabelle
J.M. Kerrigan
Judge Maiben
Arthur Loft
Carpet Bagger
Paul McVey
General Hunter
Maurice Murphy
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