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Papillon

7.8

Released December 16, 1973Runtime 2h 31min

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Allied Artists Pictures

Solar Productions

Corona-General

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $12,000,000
Revenue: $53,267,000
Profit/Loss: $41,267,000

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Cast

Steve McQueenHenri "Papillon" Charriere

Dustin HoffmanLouis Dega

Victor JoryIndian Chief

Don GordonJulot

Anthony ZerbeToussaint

Robert DemanMaturette

Woodrow ParfreyClusiot

Bill MumyLariot

George CoulourisDr. Chatal

Ratna AssanZoraima

William SmithersWarden Barrot

Val AveryPascal

Gregory SierraAntonio

Vic TaybackSergeant

Mills WatsonGuard

Ron SobleSantini

Barbara MorrisonMother Superior

Don HanmerButterfly Trader

E.J. AndréOld Con

Richard AngarolaCommandant

Jack DenboClassification Officer

Len LesserGuard

John QuadeMasked Breton

Fred SadoffDeputy Warden

Allen JaffeTurnkey

Liam DunnOld Trustee

Anne Byrne HoffmanMrs. Dega (uncredited)

Dalton TrumboCommandant (uncredited)

Richard FarnsworthManhunter (uncredited)

Peter BroccoDoctor (uncredited)

Crew

Franklin J. SchaffnerDirector

José López RoderoFirst Assistant Director

Kuki López RoderoFirst Assistant Director

Joe NayfackSecond Assistant Director

Roberto ParraSecond Assistant Director

Marshall SchlomScript Supervisor

Dalton TrumboScreenplay

Lorenzo Semple Jr.Screenplay

Henri CharrièreBook

Ted RichmondExecutive Producer

Robert DorfmannProducer

Franklin J. SchaffnerProducer

Jack BaurCasting

Emmett EmersonProduction Manager

Robert WattsUnit Production Manager

Fred J. KoenekampDirector of Photography

Robert SwinkEditor

Anthony MastersProduction Design

Anthony PowellCostume Design

Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer

Loren JanesStunt Double

Dennis J. ParrishProperty Master

Bill MacSemsAssistant Property Master

Mickey SherrardWardrobe Supervisor

Tony PueoWardrobe Supervisor

Charles H. SchramMakeup Designer

Jack MaxstedArt Direction

Hugh ScaifeSet Dresser

Reggie JonesKey Grip

Gene StoutGaffer

Alex WeldonSpecial Effects

Derek BallSound Recordist

Arthur MortonOrchestrator

Gordon DanielSound Editor

Erma E. LevinMusic Editor

Thomas LaughridgeCamera Operator

Jack CourtlandCamera Operator

Jophery C. BrownStunts

Dar RobinsonStunts

Fred LernerStunts

Roy ScammellStunt Double

Richard FarnsworthStunts

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Reviews

Grim and authentic telling of Henri "Papillon" Charrière's time at Devil's Island. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet Of The Apes/Patton), Papillon is adapted for the screen by Dalton Trumbo & Lorenzo Semple Jr. from notorious French felon Henri "Papillon" Charrière's own novel. It stars...

Grim and authentic telling of Henri "Papillon" Charrière's time at Devil's Island. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet Of The Apes/Patton), Papillon is adapted for the screen by Dalton Trumbo & Lorenzo Semple Jr. from notorious French felon Henri "Papillon" Charrière's own novel. It stars ...

by adorablepanic

Although present for much of the filming, author Henri Charriere didn't live to see the release of PAPILLON (1973), which was based on his allegedly autobiographical novel. The veracity of what he recounts has been questioned virtually since the books' release in 1969, and the film takes further li...

_**The living hell of a penal colony in equatorial South America during the 30s**_ Henri Charrière’s account of his experiences from 1933-1945 involving the penal colony of Cayenne in French Guiana, South America, are chronicled, including solitary confinement, escape attempts, dwelling with Goa...

Steve McQueen is superb as unlucky safe-cracker Henri "Papillon" Charrière, an innocent man convicted of murder and sentenced to imprisonment in the French penal colony at French Guiana. Once there, he learns quickly to appreciate the sheer brutality of a prison where any semblance of decency and h...

by Filipe Manuel Neto

**A classic film with a remarkable story and great actors.** This is a work that almost everyone remembers if the theme is films about the prison environment. It's a classic that takes us to a universe of pain, suffering, deprivation and fight against oppression, solidly based on a somewhat auto...