The Prisoner of Shark Island
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
93 mins
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.
Joyce Kay
Martha Mudd
Leila McIntyre
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
Earl Eby
Usher
Melvin J. Gibby
Lewis Payne
Charles Haefeli
Prisoner
John Lester Johnson
Black Soldier at Prison
Beulah Hall Jones
Blanche
Merrill McCormick
Commandant's Aide
Vester Pegg
Soldier
Cyril Thornton
Michael O'Laughlin
Cecil Weston
Mary Surratt
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Designer
W.D. Flick
Sound
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Louis Silvers
Music Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Jack Murray
Editor
William S. Darling
Art Direction
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Edward O'Fearna
Assistant Director
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography