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.

Genre: Drama, History

Stars: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie, Harry Carey

Crew: W. D. Flick (Sound), Roger Heman Sr. (Sound), Gwen Wakeling (Costume Designer), Louis Silvers (Music Director), Joseph M. Schenck (Presenter), John Ford (Director)

Country: United States of America

Language: English

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Runtime: 93 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Feb 28, 1936

IMDb: 4.1

Keywords:yellow fever, based on true story, historical figure, conspiracy, physician, island prison, 19th century, abraham lincoln, country doctor, prison break attempt

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