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Papillon

Name: Papillon
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1973-12-16
Duration: 2 h 31 min

1973 · 2h 31m · PG · English · United States of America

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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Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writers: Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Release date: December 16, 1973
Runtime: 2h 31m
Original language: English
Production countries: United States of America, France
Production companies: Allied Artists Pictures, Solar Productions, Corona-General
Certification: PG
Budget: $12,000,000
Revenue: $53,267,000

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Keywords

prisonescapeprison escapejunglesolitary confinementbased on memoir or autobiographyremote islandleper colonylabor campcorrupt officialfrench colonialismdevil's islandprison brutalityguyana1930s

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

Ratna Assan

Zoraima

William Smithers

Warden Barrot

Val Avery

Pascal

Gregory Sierra

Antonio

Vic Tayback

Sergeant

Mills Watson

Guard

Ron Soble

Santini

Barbara Morrison

Mother Superior

Don Hanmer

Butterfly Trader

E.J. André

Old Con

Richard Angarola

Commandant

Jack Denbo

Classification Officer

Len Lesser

Guard

John Quade

Masked Breton

Fred Sadoff

Deputy Warden

Allen Jaffe

Turnkey

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