The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

1936 · Feature film · 96 min · dir. John Ford

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

• Drama
• History

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Synopsis

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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Details

Director

John Ford

Writer

Nunnally Johnson

Composer

R. H. Bassett

Cinematography

Bert Glennon

Studio

20th Century Fox

Released

1936-02-28

Awards

1 win

Running time

96 minutes

Cast & crew

• John Ford Director
• Warner Baxter
• Gloria Stuart
• Claude Gillingwater
• Arthur Byron
• O. P. Heggie
• Harry Carey
• Francis Ford
• John McGuire

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