Prisoner Of Shark Island DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Based on the true-life case of the incarceration of Dr Samuel Mudd (Oscar-winning Warner Baxter) The Prisoner of Shark Island is a fast-moving & gripping drama rarely seen & remarkably timeless following Mudd through a calamitous series of brutal encounters Regarded as a personal favourite by the director it was also the film he was said to be most happy with Written by Nunnally Johnson (The Grapes of Wrath Tobacco Road) The Prisoner of Shark Island dramatizes the fatal shooting of Abraham Lincoln (Frank Mc Glynn Sr) & the subsequent visit by the assassin John Wilkes Booth (Francis Mc Donald) to Dr Samuel Mudd's house to fix his broken leg Unaware of Booth's treason Mudd is later arrested narrowly escaping execution after a one-sided military trial & sentenced to a life of hard labour at Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas (an infamous prison in the Gulf of Mexico surrounded by shark-infested waters) Featuring a blistering muscular performance by John Carradine as a sadistic prison guard The Prisoner of Shark Island is a tautly scripted vividly directed examination of Dr Mudd's struggle to overcome inhuman justice Nominated for Best Picture by the American National Board of Review the film has been rarely screened over recent decades Actors Warner Baxter Gloria Stuart Claude Gillingwater Arthur Byron OP Heggie Directors John Ford Writers Nunnally Johnson Producers Darryl F Zanuck Nunnally Johnson Format PAL Black &38; White Full Screen Language English Subtitles English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 43
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