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Monday Film: The Ordeal of Doctor Mudd

BBC One
on BBC One London

starring
Dennis Weaver , Susan Sullivan
' What you are about to see is a true story.' Dr Samuel Mudd unknowingly helped the injured assassin of President Lincoln - an actor named John Wilkes Booth. In the frantic aftermath to the murder Mudd was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment on Shark's Island - a notorious penitentiary run by the authority. His incredible ordeal and the attempt by his lawyer and wife to save him from a living death form the story of this made-for-television feature.
Written and produced by DOUGLAS SCHWARTZ and MICHAEL BERK Directed by PAUL WENDKOS
(First showing on British television) Films: page 12

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Weaver
Unknown:
Susan Sullivan
Unknown:
Dr Samuel Mudd
Unknown:
John Wilkes
Produced By:
Douglas Schwartz
Produced By:
Michael Berk
Directed By:
Paul Wendkos
Sam Mudd:
Dennis Weaver
Francis Mudd:
Susan Sullivan
Edwin Stanton:
Richard Dysart
Captain Murdock:
Michael McGuire
George Grenfell:
Nigel Davenport
General Ewing:
Arthur Hill
Thorpe:
Larry Larson
Nathaniel:
Clarence Thomas
John Wilkes Booth:
Bill Gribble
Source: Radio Times

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