The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936/02/28 (US) | Drama, History
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
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.
John Ford
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Lead 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
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- 20th Century Fox
Crews
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Designer
W.D. Flick
Sound
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Louis Silvers
Music Director
Joseph M. Schenck
Presenter
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer