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.
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Colonel Dyer
Mr. Erickson
Dr. Mac Intyre
Commandant
Corporal O'Toole
Lieutenant Lovett
John Wilkes Booth
General Ewing
Sergeant Rankin
Sergeant Cooper
Buck
David Herold
Mr. Holt
Abraham Lincoln
Aunt Rosabelle
Judge Maiben
Carpet Bagger
General Hunter
Orderly
Boy at Dr. Mudd's Door (uncredited)
George A. Atzerodt
Druggist at Trial
Actress at Ford's Theatre
Actor at Ford's Theatre
Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box
Sergeant
Sergeant
Soldier
Sergeant
Testifying Colonel
Edman Spangler
Blacksmith
Court-Martial Participant
Doctor
Ship's Captain
Court-Martial Member
Corporal
Black Man Giving Booth Directions
Agitating Orator
Trooper
Ship's Mate
Black Soldier at Prison
Black Soldier at Prison
Washington (DC) Citizen
Maj. Rathbone
Director
Screenplay
Producer