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

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

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⏱ 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.

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Release Date
1936-02-28
Language
EN
Country
United States of America
Director: John Ford
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20th Century Fox

🎭 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
Harry Carey
Harry Carey
Commandant
Francis Ford
Francis Ford
Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire
John McGuire
Lieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonald
Francis McDonald
John Wilkes Booth
Douglas Wood
Douglas Wood
General Ewing
John Carradine
John Carradine
Sergeant Rankin
Joyce Kay
Joyce Kay
Martha Mudd

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