The Prisoner of Shark Island
Drama
History
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth — responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.
1936-02-28
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Cast
Director
John Ford
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
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
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 Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone as Boy Seeking Dr. Mudd (uncredited)
Whitney Bourne as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Lester Dorr as George A. Atzerodt (uncredited)
Robert Dudley as Druggist at Trial (uncredited)
Jan Duggan as Actress at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Dick Elliott as Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box (uncredited)
Bud Geary as Sergeant (uncredited)
Robert Homans as Sergeant (uncredited)
Paul Kruger as Soldier (uncredited)
Duke R. Lee as Sergeant (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas as Testifying Colonel (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie as Edman Spangler (uncredited)
James A. Marcus as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Eric Mayne as Court-Martial Participant (uncredited)
Paul McAllister as Doctor (uncredited)
J.P. McGowan as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell as Court-Martial Member (uncredited)
Jack Pennick as Corporal (uncredited)
George H. Reed as Black Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited)
Paul Stanton as Agitating Orator (uncredited)
Harry Strang as Ship's Mate (uncredited)
Ray Turner as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Blue Washington as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Charles West as Washington (DC) Citizen (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock as Maj. Rathbone (uncredited)