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The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936 • 1h33m Drama, History

Rating

6.8/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

John Ford

Screenplay

Nunnally Johnson

Cast

Warner Baxter

Gloria Stuart

Claude Gillingwater

Release date

2/28/1936

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

58