The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Name: The Prisoner of Shark Island
Director: John Ford
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1936-02-28
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie

19361h 33mNRDramaHistory

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.

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Cast

Warner BaxterDr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria StuartMrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude GillingwaterColonel Dyer
Arthur ByronMr. Erickson
O. P. HeggieDr. Mac Intyre
Harry CareyCommandant
Francis FordCorporal O'Toole
John McGuireLieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonaldJohn Wilkes Booth
Douglas WoodGeneral Ewing
John CarradineSergeant Rankin
JJoyce KayMartha Mudd
Fred Kohler Jr.Sergeant Cooper
Ernest WhitmanBuck
Paul FixDavid Herold
Frank ShannonMr. Holt
Frank McGlynn Sr.Abraham Lincoln
LLeila McIntyreMrs. Abraham Lincoln

Crew

Director: John Ford
Writers: Nunnally Johnson
Producers: Darryl F. Zanuck
Music: R. H. Bassett Hugo Friedhofer
Cinematography: Bert Glennon
Editing: Jack Murray

Details

Released: February 28, 1936
Language: English
Studio: 20th Century Fox
IMDb: tt0028141