The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936 · 93 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 2,697 VOTES · DIR. John Ford

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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.

Dialogue Timeline — 894 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:56 Hark to a wand'ring son's appeal
00:07:00 Doctor? Yes, sir. I knows one. Doctor Mudd. Doctor Sam Mudd.
00:10:34 Thank you.
00:13:08 - "She's got the sweetest child..." - Wait a minute! How'd he know that?
00:15:50 - What about Rosabelle? - Rosabelle gonna have a baby.
00:18:47 My son-in-law, sir, is a Southerner.
00:21:20 I've seen him... Yes, I've seen him on a stage in Washington.
00:24:27 Before you start, I want you to hear that voice.
00:28:49 General Ewing, instruct the defendant to remain silent and respect this court.
00:32:10 He's coming now.
00:35:52 Forward march.
00:41:54 You're figuring on whether you're gonna be able to break out of here.
00:45:06 It would be of no use whatever.
00:49:10 - I know he isn't... yet. - What did I tell you?
00:51:38 You leave it to me.
00:58:03 - What's up? - Mudd’s out.
01:04:32 - Alive. You understand? - Yes, sir.
01:08:50 Forever.
01:11:34 I'm going to see the Commandant.
01:15:11 And the good Doctor MacIntyre?
01:17:44 You're gonna dig your own graves.
01:20:31 It'll help to blow these blasted mosquitoes away.
01:24:29 Hurry up! Get up.
01:27:57 And every man on this island will be glad to sign it, I promise you.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed894
Dialogue density9.6 lines / min
First line00:00:56
Final line01:27:57

Production Record

DirectorJohn Ford
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,697