The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

ALL 02/28/1936 (en) Drama, History 93 Min
  • Release
    02/28/1936
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Rotten tomato
    69%
  • Original title
    The Prisoner of Shark Island
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

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.

  1. John Ford

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Jack Murray

    Editor

  4. Darryl F. Zanuck

    Producer



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  1. Warner Baxter

    Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

  2. Gloria Stuart

    Mrs. Peggy Mudd

  3. Claude Gillingwater

    Colonel Dyer

  4. Arthur Byron

    Mr. Erickson

  5. O. P. Heggie

    Dr. Mac Intyre

  6. Harry Carey

    Commandant

  7. Francis Ford

    Corporal O'Toole

  8. John McGuire

    Lieutenant Lovett

  9. Francis McDonald

    John Wilkes Booth

  10. Douglas Wood

    General Ewing

  11. John Carradine

    Sergeant Rankin

  12. Joyce Kay

    Martha Mudd

  13. Fred Kohler Jr.

    Sergeant Cooper

  14. Ernest Whitman

    Buck

  15. Paul Fix

    David Herold

  16. Frank Shannon

    Mr. Holt

  17. Frank McGlynn Sr.

    Abraham Lincoln

  18. Leila McIntyre

    Mrs. Abraham Lincoln

  19. Etta McDaniel

    Aunt Rosabelle

  20. J.M. Kerrigan

    Judge Maiben

  21. Arthur Loft

    Carpet Bagger

  22. Paul McVey

    General Hunter

  23. Maurice Murphy

    Orderly

  24. Matthew Beard

    Boy at Dr. Mudd's door

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 24 , Crews : 14

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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) 93 Min

ALL 02/28/1936 (en)
Drama, History
  • Release 02/28/1936
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Original title The Prisoner of Shark Island
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

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.

  1. John Ford

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Jack Murray

    Editor

  4. Darryl F. Zanuck

    Producer