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The Prisoner of Shark Island is a 1936 American drama film loosely based on the life of Maryland physician Samuel Mudd, who treated the injured presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth and later spent time in prison after his controversial conviction for being one of Booth's accomplices.
The Prisoner of Shark Island: Directed by John Ford. With Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron. The story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned after innocently treating President Lincoln's assassin in 1865.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- John Ford
- 1936-02-28
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.
Dr. Samuel Mudd (Warner Baxter) is arrested for being an accomplice to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (Frank McGlynn Sr.) when he unknowingly aids an...
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- Warner Baxter
- John Ford
- History, Drama
Based on the true story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, the Maryland physician sentenced to life in prison for his alleged involvement in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) combines history with histrionics in an exciting production expertly directed by John Ford.
- John Ford, Ed O'fearna
- Warner Baxter
A movie about Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned for treating John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln. The plot follows his life in the Dry Tortugas prison, where he helps the guards and the prisoners during a yellow fever epidemic.
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