1936NR· 93 min
Prisoner of Shark Island, The
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
Drama
6.8 / 10TMDB Score
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
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie
Tags
Abraham LincolnBD-Rhistorical figurelincoln assassination
