The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

93 min

6.9

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama, History

Director

John Ford

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

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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The Prisoner of Shark Island

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.

  • Warner Baxter

  • Gloria Stuart

  • Claude Gillingwater

  • Arthur Byron

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