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1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

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.

Credits

Director

John Ford

Producer

Darryl F. Zanuck

Writer

Nunnally Johnson

Cinematographer

Bert Glennon

Composers

R. H. Bassett , Hugo Friedhofer

Cast

Warner Baxter , Gloria Stuart , Claude Gillingwater , Arthur Byron , O. P. Heggie , Harry Carey , Francis Ford , John McGuire , Francis McDonald , Douglas Wood

Studio

20th Century Fox

Genres

Drama History

Posters

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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) theatrical poster - US
US theatrical
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) international poster - US
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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) character poster - US
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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) teaser poster - US
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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) imax poster - US
US imax

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