The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)

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.

Released Feb. 28, 1936 93 min 7+

Genres: Biography, Drama, History

Keywords: imdb.yellow-fever, tmdb.historical-figure, imdb.lincoln-assassination, tmdb.prison-break-attempt, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.john-wilkes-booth-character, imdb.mary-todd-lincoln-character + 46 more, imdb.abraham-lincoln-character, imdb.samuel-mudd-character, imdb.year-1865, imdb.theater-production, imdb.boot, imdb.gulf-of-mexico, imdb.ford-s-theatre-washington-d-c, imdb.false-accusation, imdb.loss-of-father, imdb.husband-wife-reunion, imdb.broken-leg, imdb.dry-tortuga-florida, tmdb.based-on-true-story, tmdb.yellow-fever, tmdb.conspiracy, tmdb.physician, tmdb.island-prison, tmdb.19th-century, tmdb.abraham-lincoln, tmdb.country-doctor, imdb.president, imdb.doctor, imdb.epidemic, imdb.maryland, imdb.solitary-confinement, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.military-prison, imdb.military-officer, imdb.hurricane, imdb.hanging, imdb.florida-keys, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.execution, imdb.court-martial, imdb.civil-war-veteran, imdb.arrest, imdb.actor, imdb.african-american, imdb.american-civil-war, imdb.washington-d-c, imdb.based-on-true-story, imdb.escape-from-prison, imdb.bare-chested-man, imdb.ford-and-carradine, mdblist.fresh, aspectratio.1-37-1