The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

ALL 02/28/1936 (en) Drama, History 93 Min
  • Release
    02/28/1936
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Rotten tomato
    68%
  • Original title
    The Prisoner of Shark Island
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. John Ford

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Jack Murray

    Editor

  4. Darryl F. Zanuck

    Producer



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  1. Warner Baxter

    Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

  2. Gloria Stuart

    Mrs. Peggy Mudd

  3. Claude Gillingwater

    Colonel Dyer

  4. Arthur Byron

    Mr. Erickson

  5. O. P. Heggie

    Dr. Mac Intyre

  6. Harry Carey

    Commandant

  7. Francis Ford

    Corporal O'Toole

  8. John McGuire

    Lieutenant Lovett

  9. Francis McDonald

    John Wilkes Booth

  10. Douglas Wood

    General Ewing

  11. John Carradine

    Sergeant Rankin

  12. Joyce Kay

    Martha Mudd

  13. Fred Kohler Jr.

    Sergeant Cooper

  14. Ernest Whitman

    Buck

  15. Paul Fix

    David Herold

  16. Frank Shannon

    Mr. Holt

  17. Frank McGlynn Sr.

    Abraham Lincoln

  18. Leila McIntyre

    Mrs. Abraham Lincoln

  19. Etta McDaniel

    Aunt Rosabelle

  20. J.M. Kerrigan

    Judge Maiben

  21. Arthur Loft

    Carpet Bagger

  22. Paul McVey

    General Hunter

  23. Maurice Murphy

    Orderly

  24. Matthew Beard

    Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)

  25. Frank Baker

  26. Stanley Blystone

  27. Stanley Bordagaray

  28. Whitney Bourne

  29. Lester Dorr

    George A. Atzerodt

  30. Robert Dudley

    Druggist at Trial

  31. Jan Duggan

    Actress at Ford's Theatre

  32. Earl Eby

    Usher

  33. Dick Elliott

    Actor at Ford's Theatre

  34. Bess Flowers

    Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box

  35. Bud Geary

    Sergeant

  36. Melvin J. Gibby

    Lewis Payne

  37. Charles Haefeli

    Prisoner

  38. Robert Homans

    Sergeant

  39. John Lester Johnson

    Black Soldier at Prison

  40. Beulah Hall Jones

    Blanche

  41. Paul Kruger

    Soldier

  42. Duke R. Lee

    Sergeant

  43. Wilfred Lucas

    Testifying Colonel

  44. Murdock MacQuarrie

    Edman Spangler

  45. James A. Marcus

    Blacksmith

  46. Eric Mayne

    Court-Martial Participant

  47. Paul McAllister

    Doctor

  48. Merrill McCormick

    Commandant's Aide

  49. J.P. McGowan

    Ship's Captain

  50. Arthur Millett

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 64 , Crews : 14

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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) 93 Min

ALL 02/28/1936 (en)
Drama, History
  • Release 02/28/1936
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Original title The Prisoner of Shark Island
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. John Ford

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Jack Murray

    Editor

  4. Darryl F. Zanuck

    Producer