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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

Film · 1936 · 93 min · G · Drama · History

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.

Directed by John Ford

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

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In cinemas28 February 1936
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First release anywhere28 February 1936

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