The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

Year: 1980

Runtime: 145 mins

Language: English

Director: Paul Wendkos

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The story of the doctor who faced charges of conspiracy after he assisted John Wilkes Booth by setting his broken leg after he had assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

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