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Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

The Prisoner of Shark Island

6.919361h 33mNR

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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.

Directed by John Ford

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CAST

The people behind the story

Warner Baxter

Warner BaxterDr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

Gloria Stuart

Gloria StuartMrs. Peggy Mudd

Claude Gillingwater

Claude GillingwaterColonel Dyer

Arthur Byron

Arthur ByronMr. Erickson

O. P. Heggie

O. P. HeggieDr. Mac Intyre

Harry Carey

Harry CareyCommandant

Francis Ford

Francis FordCorporal O'Toole

John McGuire

John McGuireLieutenant Lovett

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