TMDb Rating
6.8/10
58 verified votes
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
DramaHistory
93 min
"Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd"
Plot Summary
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.
Director
John Ford
Top Cast
Warner BaxterGloria StuartClaude GillingwaterArthur ByronO. P. Heggie
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