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The Prisoner of Shark Island
Release Date: February 28, 1936
| Year | : | 1936 |
| Slogan | : | «Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd» |
| Genres | : | Drama, History |
| Production Companies | : | 20th Century Fox |
| Director | : | John Ford |
| Producers | : | Nunnally Johnson, Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Writers | : | Nunnally Johnson |
| RunTime | : | 93 mins. |
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.
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Warner Baxter
Character : Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart
Character : Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater
Character : Colonel Dyer
Arthur Byron
Character : Mr. Erickson
O. P. Heggie
Character : Dr. Mac Intyre
Harry Carey
Character : Commandant
Francis Ford
Character : Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire
Character : Lieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonald
Character : John Wilkes Booth
Douglas Wood
Character : General Ewing
John Carradine
Character : Sergeant Rankin
Joyce Kay
Character : Martha Mudd
Fred Kohler Jr.
Character : Sergeant Cooper
Ernest Whitman
Character : Buck
Paul Fix
Character : David Herold
Frank Shannon
Character : Mr. Holt
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Character : Abraham Lincoln
Leila McIntyre
Character : Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
Etta McDaniel
Character : Aunt Rosabelle
J. M. Kerrigan
Character : Judge Maiben
Arthur Loft
Character : Carpet Bagger
Paul McVey
Character : General Hunter
Maurice Murphy
Character : Orderly
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