The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936Rated6.81h 33mDrama, History

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.

Starring: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater

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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

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