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The Prisoner of Shark Island

6.8 93 mins Drama   History   1936
20th Century Fox  
Director(s): John Ford

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.

Casts of The Prisoner of Shark Island

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

Joyce Kay

as Martha Mudd

Fred Kohler Jr.

as Sergeant Cooper

Ernest Whitman

as Buck

Paul Fix

as David Herold

Frank Shannon

as Mr. Holt

Frank McGlynn Sr.

as Abraham Lincoln

Leila McIntyre

as Mrs. Abraham Lincoln

Etta McDaniel

as Aunt Rosabelle

J.M. Kerrigan

as Judge Maiben

Arthur Loft

as Carpet Bagger

Paul McVey

as General Hunter

Maurice Murphy

as Orderly

Matthew Beard

as Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)

Frank Baker

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

as Boy Seeking Dr. Mudd (uncredited)

Stanley Bordagaray

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Whitney Bourne

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

as George A. Atzerodt (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

as Druggist at Trial (uncredited)

Jan Duggan

as Actress at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)

Earl Eby

as Usher (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

as Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box (uncredited)

Bud Geary

as Sergeant (uncredited)

Melvin J. Gibby

as Lewis Payne (uncredited)

Charles Haefeli

as Prisoner (uncredited)

Robert Homans

as Sergeant (uncredited)

John Lester Johnson

as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)

Beulah Hall Jones

as Blanche (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

as Soldier (uncredited)

Duke R. Lee

as Sergeant (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

as Testifying Colonel (uncredited)

Murdock MacQuarrie

as Edman Spangler (uncredited)

James A. Marcus

as Blacksmith (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

as Court-Martial Participant (uncredited)

Paul McAllister

as Doctor (uncredited)

Merrill McCormick

as Commandant's Aide (uncredited)

J.P. McGowan

as Ship's Captain (uncredited)

Arthur Millett

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

as Court-Martial Member (uncredited)

Robert Parrish

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Vester Pegg

as Soldier (uncredited)

Jack Pennick

as Corporal (uncredited)

George H. Reed

as Black Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited)

Paul Stanton

as Agitating Orator (uncredited)

Tom Steele

as Trooper (uncredited)

Harry Strang

as Ship's Mate (uncredited)

Cyril Thornton

as Michael O'Laughlin (uncredited)

Ray Turner

as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)

Blue Washington

as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)

Charles West

as Washington (DC) Citizen (uncredited)

Cecil Weston

as Mary Surratt (uncredited)

Lloyd Whitlock

as Maj. Rathbone (uncredited)

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