Fact can be stranger than fiction, but occasionally fiction gets there first. [The Prisoner of Shark Island] may be accurate historically, but it still reads like a typical Hollywood scenario.

The Prisoner of Shark Island Is a production, histrionic and technical credit, to all concerned. Werner Baxter [gives] perhaps his top acting performance.

A dramatic and painful film that shows us a new Warner Baxter. [Full review in Spanish]

The picture is one that took courage to make.