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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)

Frank Baker
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
Character: Boy Seeking Dr. Mudd (uncredited)
Stanley Bordagaray
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Whitney Bourne
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Character: George A. Atzerodt (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Character: Druggist at Trial (uncredited)

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

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

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

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

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

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

J.P. McGowan
Character: Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Arthur Millett
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell
Character: Court-Martial Member (uncredited)

Robert Parrish
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Vester Pegg
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Character: Corporal (uncredited)

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

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

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

Lloyd Whitlock
Character: Maj. Rathbone (uncredited)


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

R. H. Bassett
Original Music Composer
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer