The Prisoner of Shark Island

Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

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.

Warner Baxter

(Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd)

Gloria Stuart

(Mrs. Peggy Mudd)

Claude Gillingwater

Arthur Byron

O. P. Heggie

(Dr. Mac Intyre)

Harry Carey

Francis Ford

(Corporal O'Toole)

John McGuire

(Lieutenant Lovett)

Francis McDonald

(John Wilkes Booth)

Douglas Wood

(General Ewing)

John Carradine

(Sergeant Rankin)

Joyce Kay

Fred Kohler Jr.

(Sergeant Cooper)

Ernest Whitman

Paul Fix

Frank Shannon

Frank McGlynn Sr.

(Abraham Lincoln)

Leila McIntyre

(Mrs. Abraham Lincoln)

Etta McDaniel

(Aunt Rosabelle)

J.M. Kerrigan

Arthur Loft

(Carpet Bagger)

Paul McVey

(General Hunter)

Maurice Murphy

Matthew Beard

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

Frank Baker

(Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Stanley Blystone

(Boy Seeking Dr. Mudd (uncredited))

Stanley Bordagaray

(Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Whitney Bourne

(Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Lester Dorr

(George A. Atzerodt (uncredited))

Robert Dudley

(Druggist at Trial (uncredited))

Jan Duggan

(Actress at Ford's Theatre (uncredited))

Earl Eby

(Usher (uncredited))

Dick Elliott

(Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

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

Bud Geary

(Sergeant (uncredited))

Melvin J. Gibby

(Lewis Payne (uncredited))

Charles Haefeli

(Prisoner (uncredited))

Robert Homans

(Sergeant (uncredited))

John Lester Johnson

(Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited))

Beulah Hall Jones

(Blanche (uncredited))

Paul Kruger

(Soldier (uncredited))

Duke R. Lee

(Sergeant (uncredited))

Wilfred Lucas

(Testifying Colonel (uncredited))

Murdock MacQuarrie

(Edman Spangler (uncredited))

James A. Marcus

(Blacksmith (uncredited))

Eric Mayne

(Court-Martial Participant (uncredited))

Paul McAllister

(Doctor (uncredited))

Merrill McCormick

(Commandant's Aide (uncredited))

J.P. McGowan

(Ship's Captain (uncredited))

Arthur Millett

(Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Wedgwood Nowell

(Court-Martial Member (uncredited))

Robert Parrish

(Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Vester Pegg

(Soldier (uncredited))

Jack Pennick

(Corporal (uncredited))

George H. Reed

(Black Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited))

Paul Stanton

(Agitating Orator (uncredited))

Tom Steele

(Trooper (uncredited))

Harry Strang

(Ship's Mate (uncredited))

Cyril Thornton

(Michael O'Laughlin (uncredited))

Ray Turner

(Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited))

Blue Washington

(Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited))

Charles West

(Washington (DC) Citizen (uncredited))

Cecil Weston

(Mary Surratt (uncredited))

Lloyd Whitlock

(Maj. Rathbone (uncredited))