CinemaOSMovie · 1936 · 1h 33m · NR
The Prisoner of Shark Island

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

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After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth — responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.

Directed byJohn Ford

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 33m
Language
EN
Released
February 28, 1936
Studios
20th Century Fox

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
John Ford
John Ford
Written by
Nunnally Johnson
Nunnally Johnson
Produced by
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck

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