The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) - film review

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The Prisoner of Shark Island is an American period drama film first released in 1936, directed by John Ford. The film stars Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron and O.P. Heggie. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: John Ford
Script: Nunnally Johnson
Photo: Bert Glennon
Music: R.H. Bassett, Hugo Friedhofer
Cast: Warner Baxter (Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd), Gloria Stuart (Mrs. Peggy Mudd), Claude Gillingwater (Col. Jeremiah Milford Dyer), Arthur Byron (Mr. Erickson), O.P. Heggie (Dr. MacIntyre), Harry Carey (Commandant of Fort Jefferson), Francis Ford (Cpl. O’Toole), John McGuire (Lt. Lovett), Francis McDonald (John Wilkes Booth), Douglas Wood (Gen. Ewing), John Carradine (Sgt. Rankin), Joyce Kay (Martha Mudd), Fred Kohler Jr. (Sgt. Cooper), Ernest Whitman (’Buck’ Milford), Paul Fix (David Herold), Frank Shannon (Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt), Frank McGlynn Sr. (President Abraham Lincoln), Leila McIntyre (Mary Todd Lincoln), Etta McDaniel (Aunt Rosabelle Milford), J.M. Kerrigan (Judge Maiben), Arthur Loft (Frank J. Thomas), Paul McVey (Gen. David Hunter), Maurice Murphy (An Orderly), Frank Baker, Matthew ’Stymie’ Beard (Boy Come To Fetch Dr. Mudd), Stanley Blystone, Stanley Bordagaray, Whitney Bourne, Robert Dudley (Druggist at Trial), Jan Duggan (Actress at Ford’s Theatre), Earl Eby (Usher), Dick Elliott (Actor at Ford’s Theatre), Bess Flowers (Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box), Bud Geary (A Sergeant), Charles Haefeli (Prisoner), Robert Homans (A Sergeant), John Lester Johnson (Black Soldier at Prison), Beulah Hall Jones (Blanche), Paul Kruger (Soldier), Duke R. Lee (A Sergeant), Wilfred Lucas (Colonel Testifying at Trial), Murdock MacQuarrie (Edman Spangler), James A. Marcus (Blacksmith), Paul McAllister (Doctor), Merrill McCormick (Commandant’s Aide), J.P. McGowan (Ship’s Captain), Arthur Millett, Wedgwood Nowell (Court-Martial Member), Robert Parrish, Vester Pegg (Soldier), Jack Pennick (Corporal), George Reed (Black Man Giving Booth Directions), Paul Stanton (An Agitating Orator), Tom Steele (Trooper), Harry Strang (Ship’s Mate), Cyril Thornton (Michael O’Laughlin), Ray Turner (Black Soldier at Prison), Blue Washington (Black Soldier at Prison), Cecil Weston (Mary Surratt), Lloyd Whitlock (Maj. Rathbone)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 96 min; B&W

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