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Directed by
John Ford 
 
Writing credits
Nunnally Johnson (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Baker ... (uncredited)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard ... Boy Come To Fetch Dr. Mudd (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone ... (uncredited)
Stanley Bordagaray ... (uncredited)
Whitney Bourne ... (uncredited)
Robert Dudley ... Druggist at Trial (uncredited)
Jan Duggan ... Actress at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Earl Eby ... Usher (uncredited)
Dick Elliott ... Actor at Ford's Theatre (uncredited)
Bess Flowers ... Woman Sitting Behind Lincoln in Theatre Box (uncredited)
Bud Geary ... A Sergeant (uncredited)
Charles Haefeli ... Prisoner (uncredited)
Robert Homans ... A Sergeant (uncredited)
John Lester Johnson ... Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Beulah Hall Jones ... Blanche (uncredited)
Paul Kruger ... Soldier (uncredited)
Duke R. Lee ... A Sergeant (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas ... Colonel Testifying at Trial (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie ... Edman Spangler (uncredited)
James A. Marcus ... Blacksmith (uncredited)
Paul McAllister ... Doctor (uncredited)
Merrill McCormick ... Commandant's Aide (uncredited)
J.P. McGowan ... Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Arthur Millett ... (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell ... Court-Martial Member (uncredited)
Robert Parrish ... (uncredited)
Vester Pegg ... Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Pennick ... Corporal (uncredited)
George Reed ... Black Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited)
Paul Stanton ... An Agitating Orator (uncredited)
Tom Steele ... Trooper (uncredited)
Harry Strang ... Ship's Mate (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton ... Michael O'Laughlin (uncredited)
Ray Turner ... Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Blue Washington ... Black Soldier at Prison (uncredited)
Cecil Weston ... Mary Surratt (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock ... Maj. Rathbone (uncredited)
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Produced by
Nunnally Johnson .... associate producer
Darryl F. Zanuck .... producer
 
Original Music by
R.H. Bassett (uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Bert Glennon 
 
Film Editing by
Jack Murray 
 
Art Direction by
William S. Darling  (as William Darling)
 
Set Decoration by
Thomas Little (settings)
 
Costume Design by
Gwen Wakeling 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Edward O'Fearna .... assistant director (as Ed O'Fearna)
 
Sound Department
W.D. Flick .... sound
Roger Heman Sr. .... sound (as Roger Hemen)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sam Benson .... wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Harvey Manger .... assistant editor
Thomas Vincent .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Louis Silvers .... musical director
 
Other crew
Joseph M. Schenck .... presenter
 
Crew verified as complete


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