
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
1936 en 93 minutes
Rating: 6.8
Plot
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.
Trailer
Cast

Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Peggy Mudd

Claude Gillingwater
Colonel Dyer

Arthur Byron
Mr. Erickson

O. P. Heggie
Dr. Mac Intyre

Harry Carey
Commandant

Francis Ford
Corporal O'Toole

John McGuire
Lieutenant Lovett

Francis McDonald
John Wilkes Booth

Douglas Wood
General Ewing

John Carradine
Sergeant Rankin

Joyce Kay
Martha Mudd

Fred Kohler Jr.
Sergeant Cooper

Ernest Whitman
Buck

Paul Fix
David Herold

Frank Shannon
Mr. Holt

Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln

Leila McIntyre
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln

Etta McDaniel
Aunt Rosabelle

J.M. Kerrigan
Judge Maiben

Arthur Loft
Carpet Bagger

Paul McVey
General Hunter

Maurice Murphy
Orderly

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