Movie·1936·1h 33m
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
Directed By
John Ford
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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The Story
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.
Written By
Nunnally Johnson
Producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
Cinematography
Bert Glennon
Music
R. H. Bassett
Editor
Jack Murray
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
59 votes
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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
// crew
Crew
John Ford
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Jack Murray
Editor
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
R. H. Bassett
Original Music Composer
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
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