The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

"Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd"

6.8 (58 votes)
1h 33m
February 28, 1936
English

Synopsis

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

Writers

Nunnally Johnson

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The Prisoner of Shark Island

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Released

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20th Century Fox