Movie·1936·93 min

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Name: The Prisoner of Shark Island
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1936-02-28
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie

The Prisoner of Shark Island streams in the US on IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, Fawesome and 2 more apps, as of October 6, 2026.

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

6.8 / 10 · TMDB

Drama History

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.

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