The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Overview
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.
Release Date
February 28, 1936
Runtime
93 minutes
Rating
Status
Released
Genres
Cast

Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Peggy Mudd

Claude Gillingwater
Colonel Dyer

Arthur Byron
Mr. Erickson

O. P. Heggie
Dr. Mac Intyre

Harry Carey
Commandant

Francis Ford
Corporal O'Toole

John McGuire
Lieutenant Lovett

Francis McDonald
John Wilkes Booth

Douglas Wood
General Ewing

John Carradine
Sergeant Rankin

Fred Kohler Jr.
Sergeant Cooper
Content Source
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