The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

PG-132/28/1936Drama, History1h 33m
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"Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd"

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.

John Ford

Director

Darryl F. Zanuck

Producer

R. H. Bassett

Composer