The Prisoner of Shark Island

Name: The Prisoner of Shark Island
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1936-02-28
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.858
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie

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

1936 93 min 6.9

Drama History

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.