
The Prisoner of Shark Island
โ 6.9 ยท 1936 ยท 93m ยท Drama ยท History
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth โ responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln โ 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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