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The Prisoner of Shark Island

Genres

Drama , History

Duration

93 min

Director

John Ford

Rating

6.9

Release Date

February 28, 1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Original title: The Prisoner of Shark Island

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Synopsis

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.