The Prisoner of Shark Island
28/02/1936
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.
Movie Information
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 Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
as Boy Seeking Dr. Mudd (uncredited)
Stanley Bordagaray
as Undetermined Secondary Role (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)
Earl Eby
as Usher (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)
Melvin J. Gibby
as Lewis Payne (uncredited)
Charles Haefeli
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Robert Homans
as Sergeant (uncredited)
John Lester Johnson
as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Beulah Hall Jones
as Blanche (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)
Merrill McCormick
as Commandant's Aide (uncredited)
J.P. McGowan
as Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Arthur Millett
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
as Court-Martial Member (uncredited)
Robert Parrish
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Vester Pegg
as Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
as Corporal (uncredited)
George H. Reed
as Black Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited)
Paul Stanton
as Agitating Orator (uncredited)
Tom Steele
as Trooper (uncredited)
Harry Strang
as Ship's Mate (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton
as Michael O'Laughlin (uncredited)
Ray Turner
as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Blue Washington
as Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Charles West
as Washington (DC) Citizen (uncredited)
Cecil Weston
as Mary Surratt (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock
as Maj. Rathbone (uncredited)
