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The Prisoner of Shark Island

6.919361h 33mNRMovieDramaHistory

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.

DirectorJohn Ford
WriterNunnally Johnson
ProducerDarryl F. Zanuck

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Cast · Directed by John Ford

WBWarner Baxter
Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
GSGloria Stuart
Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
CGClaude Gillingwater
Claude Gillingwater
Colonel Dyer
ABArthur Byron
Arthur Byron
Mr. Erickson
OHO. P. Heggie
O. P. Heggie
Dr. Mac Intyre
HCHarry Carey
Harry Carey
Commandant
FFFrancis Ford
Francis Ford
Corporal O'Toole
JMJohn McGuire
John McGuire
Lieutenant Lovett
FMFrancis McDonald
Francis McDonald
John Wilkes Booth
DWDouglas Wood
Douglas Wood
General Ewing
JCJohn Carradine
John Carradine
Sergeant Rankin
JK
Joyce Kay
Martha Mudd

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Is The Prisoner of Shark Island based on a true story?

Yes — The Prisoner of Shark Island is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).