The Prisoner of Shark Island

Name: The Prisoner of Shark Island
Director: John Ford
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1936-02-28
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie

“Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd”

⭐ 6.9 (59)February 28, 1936⏱ 1h 33mReleased

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Overview

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

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