Movie
Papillon
1973PG2h 31m7.8 / 10
The greatest adventure of escape!
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
More about Papillon
Cast
Steve McQueenHenri "Papillon" Charriere
Dustin HoffmanLouis Dega
Victor JoryIndian Chief
Don GordonJulot
Anthony ZerbeToussaint
Robert DemanMaturette
Woodrow ParfreyClusiot
Bill MumyLariotCredits
- Directed by
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Written by
- Lorenzo Semple Jr., Dalton Trumbo
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $12M
- Box office
- $53.3M
Production
- Allied Artists PicturesUnited States
- Solar Productions
- Corona-General
Themes
1930sbased on memoir or autobiographycorrupt officialdevil's islandescapefrench colonialismguyanajungle
