Papillon (1973)
“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.
Papillon is a 1973 movie. Genres: Crime, Drama. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Main cast: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe. Runtime: 151 minutes. Its average rating is 7.8 out of 10, from 2,194 votes.
Release dateDecember 16, 1973
Runtime2 h 31 min
Budget$12,000,000
Box office$53,267,000
DirectorFranklin J. Schaffner
ScreenplayDalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Henri Charrière
Original languageEN
IMDbtt0070511
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1930sBased on memoir or autobiographyCorrupt officialDevil's islandEscapeFrench colonialismGuyanaJungleLabor campLeper colonyPrisãoPrison