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The Prisoner of Shark Island
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
6.8(63)19361h 33m
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth — responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.
- Director
- John Ford
- Writers
- Nunnally Johnson
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Cast
Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater
Colonel Dyer
Arthur Byron
Mr. Erickson
O. P. Heggie
Dr. Mac Intyre
Harry Carey
Commandant
Francis Ford
Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire
Lieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonald
John Wilkes Booth
Douglas Wood
General Ewing
John Carradine
Sergeant Rankin
Joyce Kay
Martha Mudd
Fred Kohler Jr.
Sergeant Cooper
Ernest Whitman
Buck
Paul Fix
David Herold
Frank Shannon
Mr. Holt
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln
Leila McIntyre
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
Etta McDaniel
Aunt Rosabelle
J.M. Kerrigan
Judge Maiben
Arthur Loft
Carpet Bagger
Paul McVey
General Hunter
Maurice Murphy
Orderly
Matthew Beard
Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- John FordDirector
- Edward O'FearnaAssistant Director
Writing
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
Production
- Darryl F. ZanuckProducer
- Nunnally JohnsonAssociate Producer
Camera
- Bert GlennonDirector of Photography
Editing
- Jack MurrayEditor
Sound
- W.D. FlickSound
- Roger Heman Sr.Sound
- Louis SilversMusic Director
- R. H. BassettOriginal Music Composer
- Hugo FriedhoferOriginal Music Composer
Art
- William S. DarlingArt Direction
- Thomas LittleSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Gwen WakelingCostume Designer
Crew
- Joseph M. SchenckPresenter
- Tom SteeleStunts