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The Prisoner of Shark Island

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

★ 6.8 TMDB Rating · 63 votes

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
Release date
Feb 28, 1936
Original language
English
Origin
United States

Cast of The Prisoner of Shark Island

  • Portrait of Warner Baxter

    Warner Baxter

    Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd

  • Portrait of Gloria Stuart

    Gloria Stuart

    Mrs. Peggy Mudd

  • Portrait of Claude Gillingwater

    Claude Gillingwater

    Colonel Dyer

  • Portrait of Arthur Byron

    Arthur Byron

    Mr. Erickson

  • Portrait of O. P. Heggie

    O. P. Heggie

    Dr. Mac Intyre

  • Portrait of Harry Carey

    Harry Carey

    Commandant

  • Portrait of Francis Ford

    Francis Ford

    Corporal O'Toole

  • Portrait of John McGuire

    John McGuire

    Lieutenant Lovett

  • Portrait of Francis McDonald

    Francis McDonald

    John Wilkes Booth

  • Portrait of Douglas Wood

    Douglas Wood

    General Ewing

  • Portrait of John Carradine

    John Carradine

    Sergeant Rankin

  • Joyce Kay

    Martha Mudd

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United States
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United Kingdom
Streaming on Plex
India
Streaming on Plex
Canada
Streaming on PlexRent or buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube Movies
Australia
Streaming on Plex

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