The Prisoner of Shark Island

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

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Release date

1936-02-28

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox

Genre

Drama, History

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Director

John Ford

Actors

Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie, Harry Carey, Francis Ford, John McGuire, Francis McDonald, Douglas Wood
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Producer

Darryl F. Zanuck

Operator

Bert Glennon

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Editing

Jack Murray
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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.

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