The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Drama 1936 1 hr 35 min

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A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated, Dr. Samuel Mudd gives medical treatment to a wounded man who shows up at his door. Mudd has no idea that the president is dead and that he is treating his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. . Dr. Mudd is arrested for complicity and sentenced to life imprisonment, to be served in the infamous pestilence-ridden Dry Tortugas.

Drama 1936 1 hr 35 min

NR

Starring Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Sr.

Director John Ford

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Warner Baxter

Dr. Samuel Mudd
Gloria Stuart

Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater, Sr.

Col. Jeremiah Milford Dyer
Arthur Byron

Mr. Erickson
O.P. Heggie

Dr. MacIntyre

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The Prisoner of Shark Island

DRAMA

A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated, Dr. Samuel Mudd gives medical treatment to a wounded man who shows up at his door. Mudd has no idea that the president is dead and that he is treating his murderer, John Wilkes Booth. . Dr. Mudd is arrested for complicity and sentenced to life imprisonment, to be served in the infamous pestilence-ridden Dry Tortugas.

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Information

Studio: 20th Century Fox
Released: 1936
Run Time: 1 hr 35 min
Rated: NR
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (United States) (AAC)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.