The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
"Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd"
Title: The Prisoner of Shark Island
Original Title: The Prisoner of Shark Island
Release Date: 1936-02-28
Status: Released
Rating: 6.8/10 (from 51 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, History
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
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.
Cast
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
