Movie

The Prisoner of Shark Island

★ 6.9/10 · 62 votes 1936 1h 33m Released

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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.

Cast

Warner Baxter Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd Gloria Stuart Mrs. Peggy Mudd Claude Gillingwater Colonel Dyer Arthur Byron Mr. Erickson O. P. Heggie Dr. Mac Intyre Harry Carey Commandant