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Papillon(1973)

7.8(2126)
2h 31m
1973-12-16

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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Top Cast

Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
Henri "Papillon" Charriere
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
Louis Dega
Victor Jory
Victor Jory
Indian Chief

Keywords

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

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