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Film / 1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Directed by
John Ford
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.
The 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.
Cast
Warner BaxterDr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria StuartMrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude GillingwaterColonel Dyer
Arthur ByronMr. Erickson
O. P. HeggieDr. Mac Intyre
Harry CareyCommandant
Francis FordCorporal O'Toole
John McGuireLieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonaldJohn Wilkes Booth
Douglas WoodGeneral Ewing
John CarradineSergeant Rankin
Joyce KayMartha Mudd
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Fred Kohler Jr.Sergeant Cooper
Ernest WhitmanBuck
Paul FixDavid Herold
Frank ShannonMr. Holt
Frank McGlynn Sr.Abraham Lincoln
Leila McIntyreMrs. Abraham Lincoln
Etta McDanielAunt Rosabelle
J.M. KerriganJudge Maiben
Arthur LoftCarpet Bagger
Paul McVeyGeneral Hunter
Maurice MurphyOrderly
Matthew BeardBoy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)
Frank BakerUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Stanley BlystoneBoy Seeking Dr. Mudd (uncredited)
Stanley BordagarayUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Whitney BourneUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Lester DorrGeorge A. Atzerodt (uncredited)
Robert DudleyDruggist at Trial (uncredited)
Jan DugganActress at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Earl EbyUsher (uncredited)
Dick ElliottActor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Bess FlowersWoman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box (uncredited)
Bud GearySergeant (uncredited)
Melvin J. GibbyLewis Payne (uncredited)
Charles HaefeliPrisoner (uncredited)
Robert HomansSergeant (uncredited)
John Lester JohnsonBlack Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Beulah Hall JonesBlanche (uncredited)
Paul KrugerSoldier (uncredited)
Duke R. LeeSergeant (uncredited)
Wilfred LucasTestifying Colonel (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrieEdman Spangler (uncredited)
James A. MarcusBlacksmith (uncredited)
Eric MayneCourt-Martial Participant (uncredited)
Paul McAllisterDoctor (uncredited)
Merrill McCormickCommandant's Aide (uncredited)
J.P. McGowanShip's Captain (uncredited)
Arthur MillettUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Wedgwood NowellCourt-Martial Member (uncredited)
Robert ParrishUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Vester PeggSoldier (uncredited)
Jack PennickCorporal (uncredited)
George H. ReedBlack Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited)
Paul StantonAgitating Orator (uncredited)
Tom SteeleTrooper (uncredited)
Harry StrangShip's Mate (uncredited)
Cyril ThorntonMichael O'Laughlin (uncredited)
Ray TurnerBlack Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Blue WashingtonBlack Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Charles WestWashington (DC) Citizen (uncredited)
Cecil WestonMary Surratt (uncredited)
Lloyd WhitlockMaj. Rathbone (uncredited)
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