The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936-02-28
- Drama
- History
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.
Top Cast
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Warner Baxter
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Gloria Stuart
Colonel Dyer
Claude Gillingwater
Mr. Erickson
Arthur Byron
Dr. Mac Intyre
O. P. Heggie
Commandant
Harry Carey
Corporal O'Toole
Francis Ford
