The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · directed by John Ford
- Rating
- 78/100
- Hit
- no
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.
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936), directed by John Ford, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Warner Baxter
- Gloria Stuart
- Claude Gillingwater
- Arthur Byron
- O. P. Heggie
- Harry Carey
- Francis Ford
- John McGuire
- Francis McDonald
- Douglas Wood
Crew
- Bert Glennon — Director of Photography
- Jack Murray — Editor
- Hugo Friedhofer — Original Music Composer
- R. H. Bassett — Original Music Composer
- Nunnally Johnson — Screenplay
More from John Ford
- Stagecoach (1939) — 97/100 · hit
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — 96/100 · hit
- The Searchers (1956) — 96/100 · hit
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — 89/100 · hit
- My Darling Clementine (1946) — 86/100 · hit
- How Green Was My Valley (1941) — 85/100 · hit
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