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The Prisoner of Shark Island
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February 28, 1936
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Drama, History
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.
Featured Crew
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
John Ford
Director
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Cast
![Warner Baxter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//vX605wp5rnjezGUnsTSrFse5tPy.jpg)
Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
![Gloria Stuart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//9aG7UUX3PWIGGf1KRY5TsBSoNz9.jpg)
Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
![Claude Gillingwater](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//9AMgwHyCDNveG6AkQvp8hQN0xgN.jpg)
Claude Gillingwater
Colonel Dyer
![Arthur Byron](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//x2uCGwCqjNxSmVFxU8zLiCje4WM.jpg)
Arthur Byron
Mr. Erickson
![O. P. Heggie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//qQ9GM8gCbkmCs1JqwwDSDNDiOgg.jpg)
O. P. Heggie
Dr. Mac Intyre