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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

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.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Warner BaxterWarner BaxterDr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
  • Photo of Gloria StuartGloria StuartMrs. Peggy Mudd
  • Photo of Claude GillingwaterClaude GillingwaterColonel Dyer
  • Photo of Arthur ByronArthur ByronMr. Erickson
  • Photo of O. P. HeggieO. P. HeggieDr. Mac Intyre
  • Photo of Harry CareyHarry CareyCommandant
  • Photo of Francis FordFrancis FordCorporal O'Toole
  • Photo of John McGuireJohn McGuireLieutenant Lovett
  • Photo of Francis McDonaldFrancis McDonaldJohn Wilkes Booth
  • Photo of Douglas WoodDouglas WoodGeneral Ewing

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