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The Prisoner of Shark Island

Genre:DramaHistory

Released:1936-02-28

Runtime:93

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

Character: Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

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Gloria Stuart

Character: Mrs. Peggy Mudd

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Claude Gillingwater

Character: Colonel Dyer

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Arthur Byron

Character: Mr. Erickson

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O. P. Heggie

Character: Dr. Mac Intyre

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Harry Carey

Character: Commandant

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Francis Ford

Character: Corporal O'Toole

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John McGuire

Character: Lieutenant Lovett

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Francis McDonald

Character: John Wilkes Booth

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Douglas Wood

Character: General Ewing

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John Carradine

Character: Sergeant Rankin

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Joyce Kay

Character: Martha Mudd

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Fred Kohler Jr.

Character: Sergeant Cooper

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Ernest Whitman

Character: Buck

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Paul Fix

Character: David Herold

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Frank Shannon

Character: Mr. Holt

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Frank McGlynn Sr.

Character: Abraham Lincoln

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Leila McIntyre

Character: Mrs. Abraham Lincoln

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Etta McDaniel

Character: Aunt Rosabelle

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J.M. Kerrigan

Character: Judge Maiben

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Arthur Loft

Character: Carpet Bagger

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Paul McVey

Character: General Hunter

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Maurice Murphy

Character: Orderly

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Matthew Beard

Character: Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)

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Frank Baker

Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Stanley Blystone

Character: Boy Seeking Dr. Mudd (uncredited)

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Stanley Bordagaray

Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Whitney Bourne

Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Lester Dorr

Character: George A. Atzerodt (uncredited)

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Robert Dudley

Character: Druggist at Trial (uncredited)

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Jan Duggan

Character: Actress at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)

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Earl Eby

Character: Usher (uncredited)

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Dick Elliott

Character: Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Character: Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box (uncredited)

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Bud Geary

Character: Sergeant (uncredited)

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Melvin J. Gibby

Character: Lewis Payne (uncredited)

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Charles Haefeli

Character: Prisoner (uncredited)

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Robert Homans

Character: Sergeant (uncredited)

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John Lester Johnson

Character: Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)

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Beulah Hall Jones

Character: Blanche (uncredited)

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Paul Kruger

Character: Soldier (uncredited)

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Duke R. Lee

Character: Sergeant (uncredited)

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Wilfred Lucas

Character: Testifying Colonel (uncredited)

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Murdock MacQuarrie

Character: Edman Spangler (uncredited)

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James A. Marcus

Character: Blacksmith (uncredited)

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Eric Mayne

Character: Court-Martial Participant (uncredited)

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Paul McAllister

Character: Doctor (uncredited)

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Merrill McCormick

Character: Commandant's Aide (uncredited)

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J.P. McGowan

Character: Ship's Captain (uncredited)

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Arthur Millett

Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Wedgwood Nowell

Character: Court-Martial Member (uncredited)

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Robert Parrish

Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Vester Pegg

Character: Soldier (uncredited)

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Jack Pennick

Character: Corporal (uncredited)

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George H. Reed

Character: Black Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited)

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Paul Stanton

Character: Agitating Orator (uncredited)

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Tom Steele

Character: Trooper (uncredited)

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Harry Strang

Character: Ship's Mate (uncredited)

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Cyril Thornton

Character: Michael O'Laughlin (uncredited)

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Ray Turner

Character: Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)

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Blue Washington

Character: Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)

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Charles West

Character: Washington (DC) Citizen (uncredited)

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Cecil Weston

Character: Mary Surratt (uncredited)

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Lloyd Whitlock

Character: Maj. Rathbone (uncredited)

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