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Papillon(1973)7.8
Papillon1973-12-16
•Crime, Drama
•151 minutes
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.
Top Billed Cast
Steve McQueen
Henri "Papillon" Charriere
Dustin Hoffman
Louis Dega
Victor Jory
Indian Chief
Don Gordon
Julot
Anthony Zerbe
Toussaint
Robert Deman
Maturette
Woodrow Parfrey
Clusiot
Bill Mumy
Lariot
George Coulouris
Dr. Chatal
Reviews6
A review by John Chard
9.0
Written by John Chard on 7 / Jan / 2019
Grim and authentic telling of Henri "Papillon" Charrière's time at Devil's Island.
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet Of The Apes/Patton), Papillon is adapted for the screen by Dalton Trumb...
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Status
Released
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$53,267,000
Original Language
English
Production Companies
- Allied Artists Pictures - US
- Solar Productions
- Corona-General
Production Countries
- United States of America
Keywords
prison
escape
prison escape
jungle
solitary confinement
based on memoir or autobiography
remote island
leper colony
labor camp
corrupt official
french colonialism
devil's island
prison brutality
guyana
1930s