MOVIE
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
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.
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Official trailer
Creators
John Ford — Director
Top cast
Warner Baxter
Gloria Stuart
Claude Gillingwater
Arthur Byron
O. P. Heggie
Harry Carey
Francis Ford
John McGuire
Francis McDonald
Douglas WoodKEEP DISCOVERING
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