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Papillon

Papillon
★ 7.8/10•1973•2h 31m•PG•Crime•Drama

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.

Franklin J. Schaffner · Director

Dalton Trumbo · Screenplay

Lorenzo Semple Jr. · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 31m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 16, 1973
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue$53,267,000

Actors

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Henri "Papillon" Charriere

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Louis Dega

Victor Jory

Victor Jory

Indian Chief

Don Gordon

Don Gordon

Julot

Anthony Zerbe

Anthony Zerbe

Toussaint

Robert Deman

Robert Deman

Maturette

Woodrow Parfrey

Woodrow Parfrey

Clusiot

Bill Mumy

Bill Mumy

Lariot

George Coulouris

George Coulouris

Dr. Chatal

Ratna Assan

Ratna Assan

Zoraima

William Smithers

William Smithers

Warden Barrot

Val Avery

Val Avery

Pascal

Gregory Sierra

Gregory Sierra

Antonio

Vic Tayback

Vic Tayback

Sergeant

Mills Watson

Mills Watson

Guard

Ron Soble

Ron Soble

Santini

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