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The Prisoner of Shark Island

Dr. Samuel Mudd, a physician, was wrongly imprisoned in 1865 for treating the assassin of President Lincoln without knowing the man's true identity.

When a mysterious stranger arrives at his doorstep, Dr. Samuel Mudd tends to his wounds, unaware that he is treating the assassin of President Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth.

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Info about The Prisoner of Shark Island

Studio(s): 20th Century Fox

Originally Released: United States, Feb 28, 1936

Production Country: United States

Genres:Biography, Drama, History