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.
Title:Papillon
Year:1973
Country:United States of America
Studio:Allied Artists Pictures, Solar Productions, Corona-General
Cast:Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Deman
Crew:Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Screenplay), Ted Richmond (Executive Producer), Robert Dorfmann (Producer), Fred J. Koenekamp (Director of Photography), Robert Swink (Editor), Franklin J. Schaffner (Producer)
Keyword:prison, escape, prison escape, jungle, solitary confinement, based on memoir or autobiography, remote island, leper colony, labor camp, corrupt official, french colonialism, devil's island, prison brutality, guyana, 1930s
Release: Dec 16, 1973
Runtime: 151 minutes
IMDb: 7.83 / 10 by 1974 users
Popularity: 3.6813
Budget: $12000000
Revenue: $53267000
Language: English, Español
