Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
The Prisoner of Shark Island
“Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd”
1936
1h 33m
Director: John Ford
Writer: Nunnally Johnson
Overview
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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20 people
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