The Prisoner of Shark Island

IMDb 6.8 1936 • 93 min • DramaHistory

Director

John Ford

Country

US

Plot Summary

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.

Top Cast

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