Overview
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.
Details
- Director
- John Ford
- Writer
- Nunnally Johnson
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Arthur Byron
Claude Gillingwater
Douglas Wood
Ernest Whitman
Francis Ford
Francis McDonald
Fred Kohler Jr.
Gloria Stuart
Harry Carey
John Carradine
John McGuire
Joyce Kay
O. P. Heggie
Paul Fix
Warner Baxter
Keywords
19th century
abraham lincoln
based on true story
conspiracy
country doctor
historical figure
island prison
physician
prison break attempt
yellow fever
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