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.
Directed by John Ford
yellow fever
based on true story
historical figure
conspiracy
physician
island prison
19th century
abraham lincoln
country doctor
prison break attempt
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
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Cast
Warner Baxter
Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
Gloria Stuart
Mrs. Peggy Mudd
Claude Gillingwater
Colonel Dyer
Arthur Byron
Mr. Erickson
O. P. Heggie
Dr. Mac Intyre
Harry Carey
Commandant
Francis Ford
Corporal O'Toole
John McGuire
Lieutenant Lovett
Francis McDonald
John Wilkes Booth
Douglas Wood
General Ewing
John Carradine
Sergeant Rankin
Fred Kohler Jr.
Sergeant Cooper
Crew
John Ford
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
Nunnally Johnson
Associate Producer
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
Lucas
7.0★ · 04/14/23
Interesting real life story told well in this good looking movie. The title as epic as it seams may be a bit misleading. I at least thought it'd be more prison escape kinda thing but well.. good movie would work nicely as a double feature with young Mr Lincoln
Interesting real life story told well in this good looking movie. The title as epic as it seams may be a bit misleading. I at least thought it'd be more prison escape kinda thing but well.. good movie would work nicely as a double feature with young Mr Lincoln
