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Michael Berk (writer)
Douglas Schwartz (writer)
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25 March 1980 (USA) more
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This is the story of the doctor whose farm John Wilkes Booth went to after assassinating Abraham Lincoln... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
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Mudd was no saint! more (3 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dennis Weaver | ... | Dr. Samuel A. Mudd |
 | Susan Sullivan | ... | Frances Mudd |
| Richard Dysart | ... | Edwin Stanton |
| Michael McGuire | ... | Capt. Murdock |
| Nigel Davenport | ... | Col. George Grenfell |
| Arthur Hill | ... | Gen. Thomas Ewing |
| Mary Nell Santacroce | ... | Ellen Stanton |
| Larry Larson | ... | Riggins Thorpe |
| Teddy Milford | ... | Andrew Mudd, age 6 |
| Clarence Thomas | ... | Nathaniel |
| Angela Tully | ... | Sissy Mudd, age 4 |
| Ryan Grady | ... | Thomas Mudd, age 3 |
| Panos Eli Karatassos | ... | Sam Jr., age 1 |
| Bill Gribble | ... | Tyler / John Wilkes Booth |
| Luke Halpin | ... | Tyson / David Herold |
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USA:145 min
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Version of The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) more
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I haven't seen this movie but it appears from the post that it is based on faulty history. While Mudd was not a part of the actual assassination (and was appalled that Booth took this action) he WAS part of the plot to kidnap Lincoln acting as Booth's active co-conspirator. This is why Booth went straight to Mudd's home after escaping from the shooting.
Mudd was also a violent racist who, with the help of his overseer, flogged one of his slaves to death. If you want to know more about him you may want to read "Blood on the Moon" by Edward Steers Jr.. You won't feel so bad for him after that.