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6.962 votes

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The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936•1h 33m•G•Drama, History

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 — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.

Top cast

Warner Baxter

Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

Gloria Stuart

Mrs. Peggy Mudd

Claude Gillingwater

Claude Gillingwater

Arthur Byron

O. P. Heggie

Harry Carey

Francis Ford

Corporal O'Toole

John McGuire

Lieutenant Lovett

Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald

John Wilkes Booth

Douglas Wood

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Keywords

yellow fever based on true story historical figure conspiracy physician

Details

Director: John Ford
Writer: Nunnally Johnson
Production: 20th Century Fox
Country: United States
Original language: English
Release date: February 28, 1936
Status: Released

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