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The Prisoner of Shark Island(1936)

NR02/28/1936 (US)DramaHistory1h 33m
69%

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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, 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.

John Ford

Director

Movie Cast

Warner Baxter photo

Warner Baxter

Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

Gloria Stuart photo

Gloria Stuart

Mrs. Peggy Mudd

Arthur Byron photo

Arthur Byron

Mr. Erickson

O. P. Heggie photo

O. P. Heggie

Dr. Mac Intyre

Harry Carey photo

Harry Carey

Commandant

Francis Ford photo

Francis Ford

Corporal O'Toole

John McGuire photo

John McGuire

Lieutenant Lovett

Francis McDonald photo

Francis McDonald

John Wilkes Booth

Douglas Wood photo

Douglas Wood

General Ewing

John Carradine photo

John Carradine

Sergeant Rankin

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production Company20th Century Fox

Original LanguageEnglish

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