The Prisoner of Shark Island

Name: The Prisoner of Shark Island
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1936-02-28
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie

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

6.8(58 votes)

1936

1h 33m

DramaHistory

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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.