Drama ·History · United States of America · 1936 · 1h 33m

The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Prisoner of Shark Island poster
Director
John Ford
Cast
Warner Baxter as Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd Gloria Stuart as Mrs. Peggy Mudd Claude Gillingwater as Colonel Dyer Arthur Byron as Mr. Erickson O. P. Heggie as Dr. Mac Intyre Harry Carey as Commandant
Crew
Bert Glennon — Director of Photography Jack Murray — Editor R. H. Bassett — Original Music Composer Hugo Friedhofer — Original Music Composer Nunnally Johnson — Screenplay Darryl F. Zanuck — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.

Trailer The Prisoner of Shark Island — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
yellow feverbased on true storyhistorical figureconspiracyphysicianisland prison19th centuryabraham lincolncountry doctorprison break attempt
Key Collaborators
John Ford Director Bert Glennon Director of Photography Jack Murray Editor R. H. Bassett Original Music Composer Hugo Friedhofer Original Music Composer Nunnally Johnson Screenplay Darryl F. Zanuck Producer
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