The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 • Drama | History
John Ford
Director
Status
Released
Release date
February 28, 1936
Duration
93 Min
Language
en
Popularity
3.2867
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
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.
Cast
Warner Baxter
Gloria Stuart
Claude Gillingwater
Arthur Byron
O. P. Heggie
Harry Carey
Francis Ford
John McGuire
Francis McDonald
Douglas Wood
John Carradine
Fred Kohler Jr.
Ernest Whitman
Paul Fix
Frank Shannon
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Etta McDaniel
J.M. Kerrigan
Arthur Loft
Paul McVey
Maurice Murphy
Matthew Beard
Frank Baker
Stanley Blystone
Whitney Bourne
Lester Dorr
Robert Dudley
Jan Duggan
Dick Elliott
Bess Flowers
Bud Geary
Robert Homans
Paul Kruger
Duke R. Lee
Wilfred Lucas
Murdock MacQuarrie
James A. Marcus
Eric Mayne
Paul McAllister
J.P. McGowan
Wedgwood Nowell
Jack Pennick
George H. Reed
Paul Stanton
Tom Steele
Harry Strang
Ray Turner
Blue Washington
Charles West
Lloyd Whitlock
