The Prisoner of Shark Island
"Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd"
Duration
1h 33mRelease
28 Feb 1936Country
United States
Language
EnglishOverview
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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