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Papillon

The greatest adventure of escape!

7.8

2h 31m

1973

“The greatest adventure of escape!”

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.

Director

Franklin J. Schaffner

Trailer

CrimeDrama

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

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Cast & Crew

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

as Henri "Papillon" Charriere

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

as Louis Dega

Victor Jory

Victor Jory

as Indian Chief

Don Gordon

Don Gordon

as Julot

Anthony Zerbe

Anthony Zerbe

as Toussaint

Robert Deman

Robert Deman

as Maturette

Woodrow Parfrey

Woodrow Parfrey

as Clusiot

Bill Mumy

Bill Mumy

as Lariot

George Coulouris

George Coulouris

as Dr. Chatal

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