The Prisoner of Shark Island

Based on the life story of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd

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.

Director

John Ford

Screenplay

Nunnally Johnson

Producer

Darryl F. Zanuck

Original Music Composer

R. H. Bassett

Original Music Composer

Hugo Friedhofer

Director of Photography

Bert Glennon