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Papillon

Papillon

The greatest adventure of escape!

19737.82h 31m

Overview

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.

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Written by Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Henri Charrière
Produced by Robert Dorfmann, Franklin J. Schaffner
Box OfficeBudget: $12.0MRevenue: $53.3M

Top Cast

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Henri "Papillon" Charriere

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Louis Dega

Victor Jory

Victor Jory

Indian Chief

Don Gordon

Don Gordon

Julot

Anthony Zerbe

Anthony Zerbe

Toussaint

Robert Deman

Robert Deman

Maturette

Woodrow Parfrey

Woodrow Parfrey

Clusiot

Bill Mumy

Bill Mumy

Lariot

George Coulouris

George Coulouris

Dr. Chatal

Ratna Assan

Ratna Assan

Zoraima

Themes & Keywords

prisonescapeprison escapejunglesolitary confinementbased on memoir or autobiographyremote islandleper colonylabor campcorrupt officialfrench colonialismdevil's islandprison brutalityguyana1930sprisão

About Papillon

Papillon is a crime, drama film released in 1973 exploring themes of prison, escape, prison escape, jungle, solitary confinement, based on memoir or autobiography. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, it stars Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory. 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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