The Prisoner of Shark Island
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
6.8 / 10
English / 93 min. / 1936-02-28
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.
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
Douglas Wood
as General Ewing
John Carradine
as Sergeant Rankin
Joyce Kay
as Martha Mudd
Fred Kohler Jr.
as Sergeant Cooper
Ernest Whitman
as Buck
Paul Fix
as David Herold
Frank Shannon
as Mr. Holt
Frank McGlynn Sr.
as Abraham Lincoln
Leila McIntyre
as Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
Etta McDaniel
as Aunt Rosabelle
J.M. Kerrigan
as Judge Maiben
Arthur Loft
as Carpet Bagger
Paul McVey
as General Hunter
Maurice Murphy
as Orderly
Matthew Beard
as Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)
Frank Baker
as
Stanley Blystone
as
Stanley Bordagaray
as
Whitney Bourne
as
Lester Dorr
as George A. Atzerodt
Robert Dudley
as Druggist at Trial
Jan Duggan
as Actress at Ford's Theatre
Earl Eby
as Usher
Dick Elliott
as Actor at Ford's Theatre
Bess Flowers
as Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box
Bud Geary
as Sergeant
Melvin J. Gibby
as Lewis Payne
Charles Haefeli
as Prisoner
Robert Homans
as Sergeant
John Lester Johnson
as Black Soldier at Prison
Beulah Hall Jones
as Blanche
Paul Kruger
as Soldier
Duke R. Lee
as Sergeant
Wilfred Lucas
as Testifying Colonel
Murdock MacQuarrie
as Edman Spangler
James A. Marcus
as Blacksmith
Eric Mayne
as Court-Martial Participant
Paul McAllister
as Doctor
Merrill McCormick
as Commandant's Aide
J.P. McGowan
as Ship's Captain
Arthur Millett
as
Wedgwood Nowell
as Court-Martial Member
Robert Parrish
as
Vester Pegg
as Soldier
Jack Pennick
as Corporal
George H. Reed
as Black Man Giving Booth Directions
Paul Stanton
as Agitating Orator
Tom Steele
as Trooper
Harry Strang
as Ship's Mate
Cyril Thornton
as Michael O'Laughlin
Ray Turner
as Black Soldier at Prison
Blue Washington
as Black Soldier at Prison
Charles West
as Washington (DC) Citizen
Cecil Weston
as Mary Surratt
Lloyd Whitlock
as Maj. Rathbone