Papillon

Papillon

The greatest adventure of escape! 1973-12-16 United States of America 151 minutes.

7.83 1,986 votes

Crime Drama 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

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Overview

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.

Year 1973

Studio Allied Artists Pictures, Solar Productions, Corona-General

Director Franklin J. Schaffner

Crew Ted Richmond (Executive Producer), Fred J. Koenekamp (Director of Photography), Robert Swink (Editor), Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Screenplay), Franklin J. Schaffner (Director), Dalton Trumbo (Screenplay)

Popularity 4

Language English, Español

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