The Prisoner of Shark Island
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
1936-02-28 | 93 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Warner BaxterDr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
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Gloria StuartMrs. Peggy Mudd
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Claude GillingwaterColonel Dyer
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Arthur ByronMr. Erickson
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O. P. HeggieDr. Mac Intyre
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Harry CareyCommandant
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Francis FordCorporal O'Toole
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John McGuireLieutenant Lovett
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Francis McDonaldJohn Wilkes Booth
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Douglas WoodGeneral Ewing
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John CarradineSergeant Rankin
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Fred Kohler Jr.Sergeant Cooper
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Ernest WhitmanBuck
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Paul FixDavid Herold
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Frank ShannonMr. Holt
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Frank McGlynn Sr.Abraham Lincoln
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Etta McDanielAunt Rosabelle
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J.M. KerriganJudge Maiben
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