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    The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936 POSTER

    The Prisoner of Shark Island

    1936

    English

    7.2

    ♡ 3

    89%

    70%

    abraham lincoln assassination

    Action

    based on real person

    based on true story

    Biography

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    hanging

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    lincoln assassination

    yellow fever

    John Ford John Ford Director Paul Stanton Paul Stanton as Agitating Orator Lester Dorr Lester Dorr as George A. Atzerodt Francis McDonald Francis McDonald as John Wilkes Booth J.M. Kerrigan J.M. Kerrigan as Judge Maiben
    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.
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