The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island

12/2/1936 1h 33m 6.8/10

Overview

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

John Ford

Top Billed Cast

Claude Gillingwater

Claude Gillingwater

Colonel Dyer

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Commandant

Gloria Stuart

Gloria Stuart

Mrs. Peggy Mudd

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

Arthur Byron

Arthur Byron

Mr. Erickson

O. P. Heggie

O. P. Heggie

Dr. Mac Intyre

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