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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
John Ford
  • Profile picture of Warner Baxter
    Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd Warner Baxter
  • Profile picture of Gloria Stuart
    Mrs. Peggy Mudd Gloria Stuart
  • Profile picture of Claude Gillingwater
    Colonel Dyer Claude Gillingwater
  • Profile picture of Arthur Byron
    Mr. Erickson Arthur Byron
  • Profile picture of O. P. Heggie
    Dr. Mac Intyre O. P. Heggie
  • Profile picture of Harry Carey
    Commandant Harry Carey
  • Profile picture of Francis Ford
    Corporal O'Toole Francis Ford
  • Profile picture of John McGuire
    Lieutenant Lovett John McGuire

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