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The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936 1h 33m

6.8 / 10

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  • Drama
  • History

Overview

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.