The Prisoner of Shark Island

1935    1h 33m    Approved
Drama, History, Biography
7.289%71%69%
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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.
Directed By
John Ford
Written By
Nunnally Johnson
Studio
20th Century Fox
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
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