The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936 "Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd"
The Prisoner of Shark Island
7.2| 1h33m| NR| en| Drama, History
Storyline

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.

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20th Century Fox

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  • 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