Grim and authentic telling of Henri "Papillon" Charrière's time at Devil's Isla...
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Papillon
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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Papillon
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- Crew
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Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 16, 1973
Runtime
2h 31m
Genres
Crime, Drama
User Score
78%
Original Title
Papillon
Production Companies
Allied Artists Pictures, Solar Productions, Corona-General
Director
Franklin J. Schaffner
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$53,267,000
Description
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.
Cast
Crew
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![John Chard profile picture](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/utEXl2EDiXBK6f41wCLsvprvMg4.jpg)
Grim and authentic telling of Henri "Papillon" Charrière's time at Devil's Isla...
Although present for much of the filming, author Henri Charriere didn't live to see the relea...
![Wuchak profile picture](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4KVM1VkqmXLOuwj1jjaSdxbvBDk.jpg)
The living hell of a penal colony in equatorial South America during the 30s...
![CinemaSerf profile picture](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/1kks3YnVkpyQxzw36CObFPvhL5f.jpg)
Steve McQueen is superb as unlucky safe-cracker Henri "Papillon" Charrière, an innocent...
![Filipe Manuel Neto profile picture](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/nidqITf735x9xxHfncXkT9BmOQ7.png)
A classic film with a remarkable story and great actors.
This is a work t...