The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Drama · 1936 · 1h 33m

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6.8/10 · TMDB

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

Overview

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth — responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — 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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Cast & crew

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

Information

Release date
28 February 1936
Director
John Ford
Genres
Drama, History
Runtime
1h 33m
Country of origin
United States

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