The Prisoner of Shark Island

Directed by John Ford
G
1936    1h 36mDrama, History,
7.289%70%
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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 of The Prisoner of Shark Island

  • Warner BaxterDr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
  • Gloria StuartMrs. Peggy Mudd
  • Claude GillingwaterColonel Dyer
  • Arthur ByronMr. Erickson
  • O. P. HeggieDr. Mac Intyre
  • Harry CareyCommandant
  • Francis FordCorporal O'Toole
  • John McGuireLieutenant Lovett
  • Francis McDonaldJohn Wilkes Booth
  • Douglas WoodGeneral Ewing
  • John CarradineSergeant Rankin
  • Joyce KayMartha Mudd
  • Fred Kohler Jr.Sergeant Cooper
  • Ernest WhitmanBuck
  • Paul FixDavid Herold
  • Frank ShannonMr. Holt
  • Frank McGlynn Sr.Abraham Lincoln
  • Leila McIntyreMrs. Abraham Lincoln
  • Etta McDanielAunt Rosabelle
  • J.M. KerriganJudge Maiben
  • Arthur LoftCarpet Bagger
  • Paul McVeyGeneral Hunter
  • Maurice MurphyOrderly
  • Matthew BeardBoy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)
  • Frank Baker
  • Stanley Blystone
  • Stanley Bordagaray
  • Whitney Bourne
  • Lester DorrGeorge A. Atzerodt
  • Robert DudleyDruggist at Trial
  • Jan DugganActress at Ford's Theatre
  • Earl EbyUsher
  • Dick ElliottActor at Ford's Theatre
  • Bess FlowersWoman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box
  • Bud GearySergeant
  • Melvin J. GibbyLewis Payne
  • Charles HaefeliPrisoner
  • Robert HomansSergeant
  • John Lester JohnsonBlack Soldier at Prison
  • Beulah Hall JonesBlanche
  • Paul KrugerSoldier
  • Duke R. LeeSergeant
  • Wilfred LucasTestifying Colonel
  • James McQuarrieEdman Spangler
  • James A. MarcusBlacksmith
  • Eric MayneCourt-Martial Participant
  • Paul McAllisterDoctor
  • Merrill McCormickCommandant's Aide
  • J.P. McGowanShip's Captain
  • Arthur Millett
  • Wedgwood NowellCourt-Martial Member
  • Robert Parrish
  • Vester PeggSoldier
  • Jack PennickCorporal
  • George H. ReedBlack Man Giving Booth Directions
  • Paul StantonAgitating Orator
  • Tom SteeleTrooper
  • Harry StrangShip's Mate
  • Cyril ThorntonMichael O'Laughlin
  • Ray TurnerBlack Soldier at Prison
  • Blue WashingtonBlack Soldier at Prison
  • Charles WestWashington (DC) Citizen
  • Cecil WestonMary Surratt
  • Lloyd WhitlockMaj. Rathbone
  • John FordDirector
  • Nunnally JohnsonWriter
  • Darryl F. ZanuckProducer

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