The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936/02/28 • Released • English
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.
Director : John Ford
Casts
Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater
Colonel Dyer
Arthur Byron
Mr. Erickson
O. P. Heggie
Dr. Mac Intyre
Harry Carey
Commandant
Francis Ford
Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire
Lieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonald
John Wilkes Booth
Douglas Wood
General Ewing
John Carradine
Sergeant Rankin
Fred Kohler Jr.
Sergeant Cooper
Ernest Whitman
Buck
Paul Fix
David Herold
Frank Shannon
Mr. Holt
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln
Etta McDaniel
Aunt Rosabelle
J.M. Kerrigan
Judge Maiben
Arthur Loft
Carpet Bagger
Paul McVey
General Hunter
Maurice Murphy
Orderly
Matthew Beard
Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)
Recommended
The Long Gray Line
January 4, 1955
Splendor in the Grass
October 10, 1961
The Informer
May 9, 1935
The Fugitive
November 11, 1947
The Strangers
May 29, 2008
Bambi
August 14, 1942
Easy A
September 16, 2010
Alice in Wonderland
July 28, 1951
The Imitation Game
November 14, 2014
The Hangover
June 2, 2009
Tarzan
June 18, 1999
Hotel Transylvania
September 20, 2012
The Parent Trap
July 28, 1998
New Year's Eve
December 8, 2011
Joker
October 1, 2019
The Pianist
September 17, 2002
The Social Network
October 1, 2010
The Aristocats
December 24, 1970
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
January 25, 1961
The Sword in the Stone
December 25, 1963