The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1936-02-28
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 53 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: John Ford
star 6.8/10
From 53 Ratings

Trailer

00:00
-01:22

Summary

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.

Is The Prisoner of Shark Island on Disney Plus?

Unfortunately the movie The Prisoner of Shark Island is not yet available on Disney Plus.

  • Warner Baxter

    as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

  • Gloria Stuart

    as Mrs. Peggy Mudd

  • Claude Gillingwater

    as Colonel Dyer

  • Arthur Byron

    as Mr. Erickson

  • O. P. Heggie

    as Dr. Mac Intyre

  • Harry Carey

    as Commandant

  • Francis Ford

    as Corporal O'Toole

  • John McGuire

    as Lieutenant Lovett

  • Francis McDonald

    as John Wilkes Booth

  • Douglas Wood

    as General Ewing

  • John Carradine

    as Sergeant Rankin

  • Joyce Kay

    as Martha Mudd

  • Fred Kohler Jr.

    as Sergeant Cooper

  • Ernest Whitman

    as Buck

  • Paul Fix

    as David Herold

  • Frank Shannon

    as Mr. Holt

  • Frank McGlynn Sr.

    as Abraham Lincoln

  • Leila McIntyre

    as Mrs. Abraham Lincoln

  • Etta McDaniel

    as Aunt Rosabelle

  • J.M. Kerrigan

    as Judge Maiben

  • Arthur Loft

    as Carpet Bagger

  • Paul McVey

    as General Hunter

  • Maurice Murphy

    as Orderly

  • Matthew Beard

    as Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)

  • Frank Baker

    as

  • Stanley Blystone

    as

  • Stanley Bordagaray

    as

  • Whitney Bourne

    as

  • Lester Dorr

    as George A. Atzerodt

  • Robert Dudley

    as Druggist at Trial

  • Jan Duggan

    as Actress at Ford's Theatre

  • Earl Eby

    as Usher

  • Dick Elliott

    as Actor at Ford's Theatre

  • Bess Flowers

    as Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box

  • Bud Geary

    as Sergeant

  • Melvin J. Gibby

    as Lewis Payne

  • Charles Haefeli

    as Prisoner

  • Robert Homans

    as Sergeant

  • John Lester Johnson

    as Black Soldier at Prison

  • Beulah Hall Jones

    as Blanche

  • Paul Kruger

    as Soldier

  • Duke R. Lee

    as Sergeant

  • Wilfred Lucas

    as Testifying Colonel

  • Murdock MacQuarrie

    as Edman Spangler

  • James A. Marcus

    as Blacksmith

  • Eric Mayne

    as Court-Martial Participant

  • Paul McAllister

    as Doctor

  • Merrill McCormick

    as Commandant's Aide

  • J.P. McGowan

    as Ship's Captain

  • Arthur Millett

    as

  • Wedgwood Nowell

    as Court-Martial Member

  • Robert Parrish

    as

  • Vester Pegg

    as Soldier

  • Jack Pennick

    as Corporal

  • George H. Reed

    as Black Man Giving Booth Directions

  • Paul Stanton

    as Agitating Orator

  • Tom Steele

    as Trooper

  • Harry Strang

    as Ship's Mate

  • Cyril Thornton

    as Michael O'Laughlin

  • Ray Turner

    as Black Soldier at Prison

  • Blue Washington

    as Black Soldier at Prison

  • Charles West

    as Washington (DC) Citizen

  • Cecil Weston

    as Mary Surratt

  • Lloyd Whitlock

    as Maj. Rathbone
Costume & Make-Up Gwen Wakeling Costume Designer
Sound W.D. Flick Sound
Sound Roger Heman Sr. Sound
Sound Louis Silvers Music Director
Crew Joseph M. Schenck Presenter
Directing John Ford Director
Writing Nunnally Johnson Screenplay
Production Darryl F. Zanuck Producer
Production Nunnally Johnson Associate Producer
Editing Jack Murray Editor
Art William S. Darling Art Direction
Art Thomas Little Set Decoration
Directing Edward O'Fearna Assistant Director
Camera Bert Glennon Director of Photography

Related Movies