The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Name: The Prisoner of Shark Island
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1936-02-28
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie

Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

Drama
History

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.

Rating: 6.8 / 10 (63 votes)
Release date: February 28, 1936
Runtime: 1h 33m
Language: English
Director: John Ford
Status: Released