The Prisoner of Shark Island

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The Prisoner of Shark Island is a 1936 historical drama film directed by John Ford that dramatizes the post–Civil War imprisonment of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who treated John Wilkes Booth after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
historical drama film
basedOn events following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
imprisonment of Dr. Samuel Mudd
cinematographer Bert Glennon NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director John Ford NERFINISHED
distributor 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
editor Barbara McLean NERFINISHED
filmFormat black-and-white
filmStudioEra Golden Age of Hollywood NERFINISHED
genre drama film
historical drama
hasDirector John Ford NERFINISHED
hasTitleCharacter Samuel Mudd NERFINISHED
language English
medium cinema
musicBy Louis Silvers NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus trial and imprisonment of Samuel Mudd
originalLanguage English
portrays Fort Jefferson prison NERFINISHED
John Wilkes Booth being treated by Samuel Mudd
aftermath of Lincoln assassination
producer Darryl F. Zanuck NERFINISHED
productionCompany 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1936
releaseDecade 1930s
releaseYear 1936
runtimeMinutes 96
screenwriter Nunnally Johnson NERFINISHED
setInLocation Dry Tortugas NERFINISHED
Maryland NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
setInPeriod post–American Civil War era
stars Arthur Byron NERFINISHED
Claude Gillingwater NERFINISHED
Gloria Stuart NERFINISHED
John Carradine NERFINISHED
O. P. Heggie NERFINISHED
Warner Baxter NERFINISHED
subject John Wilkes Booth NERFINISHED
Samuel Mudd NERFINISHED
assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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Jack Pennick appearedIn The Prisoner of Shark Island