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DVD

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The prisoner of Shark Island

Author

John Ford

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Languages

In English, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Performers

Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, John Carradine, Claude Gillingwater, Ernest Whitman, Arthur Byron, O. P. Heggie, Harry Carey, Francis McDonald, Francis Ford.

Publication Information

Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Based on the true story of Dr. Samuel Mudd, who was imprisoned for participating in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln in 1865 after treating John Wilkes Booth, who showed up unexpectedly at his home with a broken leg.

Notes

Title from disc surface.

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

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1936.

Special features: commentary by author & film historian Anthony Slide ; restoration comparison ; interactive pressbook gallery ; advertising gallery ; still gallery.

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