The Prisoner of Shark Island

Synopsis

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

Written by

Nunnally Johnson

Music

R. H. Bassett

Studio

20th Century Fox

Released

28 February 1936

Genres

Drama, History