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.
00:10:44 Now, it'll only take a second or two.
00:13:14 "As for her husband, no matter how far out in the country he may be
00:16:30 Jangling bells when you're trying to eat breakfast!
00:19:05 you're free men, and you're as good as any white man in the state of Maryland.
00:21:34 Bring Mrs Mudd down.
00:25:17 - Mr President. - The Judge Advocate General.
00:29:22 Yes, sir. Slaver.
00:32:47 It won't be long now.
00:37:38 Oh!
00:42:44 and 35 feet deep.
00:46:55 You see, Miss Mudd, she told me to get on down on this here island.
00:49:45 If Doctor Mudd should be able to deliver himself
00:52:38 Oh, thanks.
00:59:24 If I see him I will. With pleasure.
01:05:50 - Oh, my darling, you're wounded. - He's all right now.
01:09:45 Maybe just as you say, that they...
01:13:06 Doctor.
01:16:14 That was the last straw when they heard about Macintyre’s dying.
01:18:36 The white man say you don't have to.
01:21:58 You've got to get some sleep.
01:26:18 He's heading in.
24:05:00 of my old brigade under my command

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed894
Dialogue density9.6 lines / min
First line00:00:56
Final line24:05:00

Production Record

DirectorJohn Ford
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,697