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.| Status: | Released (1936-02-28) |
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| Awards: | 1 win |
| Screen: | Nunnally Johnson |
| Productions: | 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 29999: Warner Baxter - Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd
- 8535: Gloria Stuart - Mrs. Peggy Mudd
- 150082: Claude Gillingwater - Colonel Dyer
- 78829: Arthur Byron - Mr. Erickson
- 2932: O. P. Heggie - Dr. Mac Intyre
- 30212: Harry Carey - Commandant
- 30496: Francis Ford - Corporal O'Toole
Crews
- 8509: Gwen Wakeling - Costume Designer - Costume & Make-Up
- 14283: Louis Silvers - Music Director - Sound
- 10520: Joseph M. Schenck - Presenter - Crew
- 10605: W.D. Flick - Sound - Sound
- 8511: Roger Heman Sr. - Sound - Sound
- 8500: John Ford - Director - Directing
- 8501: Nunnally Johnson - Screenplay - Writing
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Reviews
Steve
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Don't know how I missed this one but it's a great thriller. From the title you'd never guess it's an historical drama about Dr. Samuel Mudd who infamously helped set Lincoln's killer's broken leg. The history goes from suspect to flat out wrong -- and it's almost pro-slavery -- but ....
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