The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

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Released:
1936-02-28

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.

Director:
John Ford

Runtime:
1h 33min

Genre:
Drama, History

  • Cast:
  • Warner Baxter
    as
    Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
  • Gloria Stuart
    as
    Mrs. Peggy Mudd
  • Claude Gillingwater
    as
    Colonel Dyer
  • Arthur Byron
    as
    Mr. Erickson
  • O. P. Heggie
    as
    Dr. Mac Intyre