Top billed cast

1. 

   Steve McQueen

   Henri "Papillon" Charriere

2. 

   Dustin Hoffman

   Louis Dega

3. 

   Victor Jory

   Indian Chief

4. 

   Don Gordon

   Julot

5. 

   Anthony Zerbe

   Toussaint

6. 

   Robert Deman

   Maturette

7. 

   Woodrow Parfrey

   Clusiot

8. 

   Bill Mumy

   Lariot

9. 

   George Coulouris

   Dr. Chatal

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2019-01-26

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 Steve McQueen (Papillon) & Dustin Hoffman (Louis Dega), is primarily shot in Jamaica & Spain with Fred J. Koenekamp (The Towering Inferno) on photography duties and Jerry Goldsmith provides the score.

Henri "Papillon" Charrière was a crook, a bad egg, he however was sent to the notorious, ines...read the rest

Recommendations

1. Papillon73%
2. Cool Hand Luke77%
3. Bronson69%
4. The Green Mile85%
5. Escape from Alcatraz75%
6. Room79%
7. Midnight Express74%
8. Birdman of Alcatraz75%
9. The Silence of the Lambs83%
10. Kiss of the Spider Woman70%
11. Shutter Island82%
12. GoodFellas84%
13. Bad Boys69%
14. Public Enemies66%
15. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile69%
16. Nowhere to Run65%
17. Escape from Sobibor72%
18. No Escape62%
19. Escape from Pretoria71%
20. The Mauritanian73%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$12,000,000.00

Revenue
$53,267,000.00

Keywords

• 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