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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
1h 33m · Released · TMDB ★ 6.8 (63)
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.
Director: John Ford
Starring: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie, Harry Carey
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