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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

NR ★ 6.8/10 93 min Drama, History United States English
Director: John Ford
Screenplay by: Nunnally Johnson
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Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

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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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Warner Baxter
Warner Baxter Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart
Gloria Stuart Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater
Claude Gillingwater Colonel Dyer
Arthur Byron
Arthur Byron Mr. Erickson
O. P. Heggie
O. P. Heggie Dr. Mac Intyre
Harry Carey
Harry Carey Commandant
Francis Ford
Francis Ford Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire
John McGuire Lieutenant Lovett

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