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The Prisoner of Shark Island

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Calorie Rating: 135
Released: 1936-02-28
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Studios: 20th Century Fox,


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.

Director / Directors

John Ford
Director
Edward O'Fearna
Assistant Director


Cast

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
Matthew Beard
Character: Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)


Lester Dorr
Character: George A. Atzerodt
Robert Dudley
Character: Druggist at Trial

Jan Duggan
Character: Actress at Ford's Theatre
Earl Eby
Character: Usher
Dick Elliott
Character: Actor at Ford's Theatre

Bess Flowers
Character: Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box
Bud Geary
Character: Sergeant
Melvin J. Gibby
Character: Lewis Payne

Charles Haefeli
Character: Prisoner
Robert Homans
Character: Sergeant
John Lester Johnson
Character: Black Soldier at Prison

Beulah Hall Jones
Character: Blanche
Paul Kruger
Character: Soldier
Duke R. Lee
Character: Sergeant

Wilfred Lucas
Character: Testifying Colonel
Murdock MacQuarrie
Character: Edman Spangler
James A. Marcus
Character: Blacksmith

Eric Mayne
Character: Court-Martial Participant
Paul McAllister
Character: Doctor
Merrill McCormick
Character: Commandant's Aide

J.P. McGowan
Character: Ship's Captain
Wedgwood Nowell
Character: Court-Martial Member

Vester Pegg
Character: Soldier
Jack Pennick
Character: Corporal

George H. Reed
Character: Black Man Giving Booth Directions
Paul Stanton
Character: Agitating Orator
Tom Steele
Character: Trooper

Harry Strang
Character: Ship's Mate
Cyril Thornton
Character: Michael O'Laughlin
Ray Turner
Character: Black Soldier at Prison

Blue Washington
Character: Black Soldier at Prison
Charles West
Character: Washington (DC) Citizen
Cecil Weston
Character: Mary Surratt

Lloyd Whitlock
Character: Maj. Rathbone


Production and Crew

Gwen Wakeling
Costume Designer
Louis Silvers
Music Director


Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Nunnally Johnson
Associate Producer

William S. Darling
Art Direction
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography