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.
Unfortunately the movie The Prisoner of Shark Island is not yet available on HBO Max.
Costume & Make-Up | Gwen Wakeling | Costume Designer |
Sound | W. D. Flick | Sound |
Sound | Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
Sound | Louis Silvers | Music Director |
Crew | Joseph M. Schenck | Presenter |
Directing | John Ford | Director |
Writing | Nunnally Johnson | Screenplay |
Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
Production | Nunnally Johnson | Associate Producer |
Editing | Jack Murray | Editor |
Art | William S. Darling | Art Direction |
Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
Directing | Edward O'Fearna | Assistant Director |
Camera | Bert Glennon | Director of Photography |