The Prisoner of Shark Island
“Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd”
6.8(58 votes)
February 28, 1936
1h 33m
Overview
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.
Director
John FordWriters
Nunnally Johnson
