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.
Directing | John Ford | Director |
Writing | Nunnally Johnson | Screenplay |
Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
Production | Nunnally Johnson | Associate Producer |
Editing | Jack Murray | Editor |
Art | William S. Darling | Art Direction |
Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
Directing | Edward O'Fearna | Assistant Director |
Camera | Bert Glennon | Director of Photography |
Costume & Make-Up | Gwen Wakeling | Costume Designer |
Sound | W. D. Flick | Sound |
Sound | Roger Heman Sr. | Sound |
Sound | Louis Silvers | Music Director |
Crew | Joseph M. Schenck | Presenter |