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The Prisoner of Shark Island

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.

1936 |1h 33m |  Drama, History

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Cast

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Warner Baxter

Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

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Gloria Stuart

Mrs. Peggy Mudd

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Claude Gillingwater

Colonel Dyer

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Arthur Byron

Mr. Erickson

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O. P. Heggie

Dr. Mac Intyre

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Harry Carey

Commandant

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Francis Ford

Corporal O'Toole

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John McGuire

Lieutenant Lovett

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Francis McDonald

John Wilkes Booth

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Douglas Wood

General Ewing

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John Carradine

Sergeant Rankin

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Fred Kohler Jr.

Sergeant Cooper

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Ernest Whitman

Buck

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Paul Fix

David Herold

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Frank Shannon

Mr. Holt

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Frank McGlynn Sr.

Abraham Lincoln

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Etta McDaniel

Aunt Rosabelle

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J.M. Kerrigan

Judge Maiben

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Arthur Loft

Carpet Bagger

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Paul McVey

General Hunter

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Maurice Murphy

Orderly

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Matthew Beard

Boy at Dr. Mudd's door

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Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

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