Papillon

“The greatest adventure of escape!”

7.8/ 10 2,123 votes 1973-12-16 2h 31m 4 popularity

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.

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

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Budget

$12M

Revenue

$53M

Cast

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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

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