The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
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.
- Release Date: 1936-02-28
- Runtime: 1h 33min
- Production Company: 20th Century Fox
- Production Country: United States of America
- Director: John Ford
- Writer: Nunnally Johnson
