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The Prisoner of Shark Island

19361h 33m6.9(59)
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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.

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Director: John Ford

Writer: Nunnally Johnson

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Warner BaxterWarner BaxterDr. Samuel Alexander MuddGloria StuartGloria StuartMrs. Peggy MuddClaude GillingwaterClaude GillingwaterColonel DyerArthur ByronArthur ByronMr. EricksonO. P. HeggieO. P. HeggieDr. Mac IntyreHarry CareyHarry CareyCommandantFrancis FordFrancis FordCorporal O'TooleJohn McGuireJohn McGuireLieutenant LovettFrancis McDonaldFrancis McDonaldJohn Wilkes BoothDouglas WoodDouglas WoodGeneral EwingJohn CarradineJohn CarradineSergeant RankinJoyce KayMartha Mudd

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