Aired Friday 8 December, 7:30am - 9:20amon Talking Pictures TV

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Historical drama

Dr. Samuel Mudd is arrested for being an accomplice to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln when he unknowingly aids an injured John Wilkes Booth. He's sentenced to life and sent to a treacherous penal colony on a remote island in the Dry Tortugas.

Country: USA

Cast and crew

John FordDirector
Warner BaxterDr. Samuel Mudd
Gloria StuartMrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude GillingwaterCol. Jeremiah Milford Dyer
Arthur ByronMr. Erickson
O.P. HeggieDr. MacIntyre
Harry CareyCommandant of Fort Jefferson
Francis FordCpl. O'Toole
John McGuireLt. Lovett
Francis McDonaldJohn Wilkes Booth
John CarradineSgt. Rankin
Frank McGlynn Sr.President Abraham Lincoln

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