The Prisoner of Shark Island

“Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd”

6.8

1936

1h 33m

DramaHistory

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.

Key Crew

Director

John Ford

Producers

Darryl F. Zanuck

Writers

Nunnally Johnson

Cinematography

Bert Glennon

Music

R. H. Bassett

Cast (64)

Warner Baxter

Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

Gloria Stuart

Mrs. Peggy Mudd

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