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Director:
Writer:
Nunnally Johnson (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 February 1936 (USA) more
Plot:
The story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
stands up very well more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min
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Language:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (re-rating) (2005) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #1907)

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Referenced in The Best of Sex and Violence (1981) more
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stands up very well, 13 August 1999

I caught this one on American Movie Classics as part of its John Ford retrospective and found it to be an extremely well-done film that stand up very well for its 60-plus years. Lots of tension, and the action is extremely well-paced. Good acting all-around, especially from Claude Gillingwater as Mudd's feisty father-in-law.

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