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The Prisoner of Shark Island

69 %|Feb 28, 1936|Drama, History

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.

Featured Crew

W. D. Flick
Sound
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Designer
Louis Silvers
Music Director
Joseph M. Schenck
Presenter
John Ford
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Jack Murray
Editor

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Cast

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Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
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Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
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Arthur Byron
Mr. Erickson
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O. P. Heggie
Dr. Mac Intyre
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Harry Carey
Commandant
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Francis Ford
Corporal O'Toole
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John McGuire
Lieutenant Lovett
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Francis McDonald
John Wilkes Booth
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Douglas Wood
General Ewing
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John Carradine
Sergeant Rankin
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Joyce Kay
Martha Mudd
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Fred Kohler Jr.
Sergeant Cooper
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Paul Fix
David Herold
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Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln
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Leila McIntyre
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
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Etta McDaniel
Aunt Rosabelle
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J.M. Kerrigan
Judge Maiben
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Arthur Loft
Carpet Bagger
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Paul McVey
General Hunter
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Matthew Beard
Boy at Dr. Mudd's door