Movie
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
Drama · History
Story
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.
Director: John Ford Starring: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron
The Prisoner of Shark Island Cast
- 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