1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
"Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd"
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
93 min
United States of America
DirectorJohn Ford
CastArthur Byron, Claude Gillingwater, Gloria Stuart, Harry Carey, O. P. Heggie, Warner Baxter
CountryUnited States of America
Duration93 min