The Prisoner of Shark Island
John Ford1936-02-28
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
6.8
93 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Warner Baxter | Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd | Unowned |
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Gloria Stuart | Mrs. Peggy Mudd | Unowned |
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Claude Gillingwater | Colonel Dyer | Unowned |
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Arthur Byron | Mr. Erickson | Unowned |
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O. P. Heggie | Dr. Mac Intyre | Unowned |
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Harry Carey | Commandant | Unowned |
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Francis Ford | Corporal O'Toole | Unowned |
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John McGuire | Lieutenant Lovett | Unowned |
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Francis McDonald | John Wilkes Booth | Unowned |
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Douglas Wood | General Ewing | Unowned |
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John Carradine | Sergeant Rankin | Unowned |
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Joyce Kay | Martha Mudd | Unowned |
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Fred Kohler Jr. | Sergeant Cooper | Unowned |
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Ernest Whitman | Buck | Unowned |
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Paul Fix | David Herold | Unowned |
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Frank Shannon | Mr. Holt | Unowned |
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Frank McGlynn Sr. | Abraham Lincoln | Unowned |
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Leila McIntyre | Mrs. Abraham Lincoln | Unowned |
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Etta McDaniel | Aunt Rosabelle | Unowned |
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J.M. Kerrigan | Judge Maiben | Unowned |
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Arthur Loft | Carpet Bagger | Unowned |
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Paul McVey | General Hunter | Unowned |
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Maurice Murphy | Orderly | Unowned |
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Matthew Beard | Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Frank Baker | Unowned | |
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Stanley Blystone | Unowned | |
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Stanley Bordagaray | Unowned | |
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Whitney Bourne | Unowned | |
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Lester Dorr | George A. Atzerodt | Unowned |
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Robert Dudley | Druggist at Trial | Unowned |
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Jan Duggan | Actress at Ford's Theatre | Unowned |
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Earl Eby | Usher | Unowned |
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Dick Elliott | Actor at Ford's Theatre | Unowned |
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Bess Flowers | Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box | Unowned |
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Bud Geary | Sergeant | Unowned |
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Melvin J. Gibby | Lewis Payne | Unowned |
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Charles Haefeli | Prisoner | Unowned |
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Robert Homans | Sergeant | Unowned |
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John Lester Johnson | Black Soldier at Prison | Unowned |
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Beulah Hall Jones | Blanche | Unowned |
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Paul Kruger | Soldier | Unowned |
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Duke R. Lee | Sergeant | Unowned |
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Wilfred Lucas | Testifying Colonel | Unowned |
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Murdock MacQuarrie | Edman Spangler | Unowned |
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James A. Marcus | Blacksmith | Unowned |
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Eric Mayne | Court-Martial Participant | Unowned |
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Paul McAllister | Doctor | Unowned |
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Merrill McCormick | Commandant's Aide | Unowned |
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J.P. McGowan | Ship's Captain | Unowned |
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Arthur Millett | Unowned | |
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Wedgwood Nowell | Court-Martial Member | Unowned |
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Robert Parrish | Unowned | |
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Vester Pegg | Soldier | Unowned |
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Jack Pennick | Corporal | Unowned |
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George H. Reed | Black Man Giving Booth Directions | Unowned |
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Paul Stanton | Agitating Orator | Unowned |
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Tom Steele | Trooper | Unowned |
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Harry Strang | Ship's Mate | Unowned |
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Cyril Thornton | Michael O'Laughlin | Unowned |
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Ray Turner | Black Soldier at Prison | Unowned |
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Blue Washington | Black Soldier at Prison | Unowned |
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Charles West | Washington (DC) Citizen | Unowned |
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Cecil Weston | Mary Surratt | Unowned |
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Lloyd Whitlock | Maj. Rathbone | Unowned |