The film tells the true story of a doctor whose farm was visited by John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Despite his protests of innocence, the doctor was wrongly accused, tried, and convicted of being part of the conspiracy to kill Lincoln. His wife fights tirelessly to clear his name and secure his release from prison.
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
A rural doctor's decision to aid a wounded John Wilkes Booth sets off a chain of events that leads to unjust government persecution, following Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
