The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
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Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
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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.
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Directed by: Louis Silvers, John Ford, Edward O'Fearna
Produced by: Nunnally Johnson, Darryl F. Zanuck
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