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The Prisoner of Shark Island
Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd
6.9
1936
93m
4K ULTRA HD
DramaHistory
Storyline
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.