The Prisoner of Shark Island

Name: The Prisoner of Shark Island
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1936-02-28
Rating: 6.856
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie

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The Prisoner of Shark Island Official Poster

Information

Producer:John Ford

Year:1936

Genre:Drama, History

Popularity:1

Duration:1:33

IMDb:View on IMDb

Cast

Warner BaxterGloria StuartClaude GillingwaterArthur ByronO. P. HeggieHarry CareyFrancis Ford

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.