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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

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, 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: 1936-02-28
Runtime: 93 min
Rating: 6.8 / 10
Cast
Warner Baxter
Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart
Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater
Claude Gillingwater
Colonel Dyer
Arthur Byron
Arthur Byron
Mr. Erickson
O. P. Heggie
O. P. Heggie
Dr. Mac Intyre
Harry Carey
Harry Carey
Commandant
Francis Ford
Francis Ford
Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire
John McGuire
Lieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonald
Francis McDonald
John Wilkes Booth
Douglas Wood
Douglas Wood
General Ewing
John Carradine
John Carradine
Sergeant Rankin
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Joyce Kay
Martha Mudd
Fred Kohler Jr.
Fred Kohler Jr.
Sergeant Cooper
Ernest Whitman
Ernest Whitman
Buck
Paul Fix
Paul Fix
David Herold
Frank Shannon
Frank Shannon
Mr. Holt
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln
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Leila McIntyre
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln