The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936 · 93 min · Original language: English

TMDB 6.9/10 · 62 votes

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.

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