Papillon

About Papillon

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.

Franklin J. Schaffner's Papillon is a 1973 crime film. It runs 151 minutes and was released in December 1973.

Steve McQueen takes the lead as Henri "Papillon" Charriere, Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega, Victor Jory as Indian Chief, and Don Gordon as Julot. Written by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr.. It was produced by Solar Productions.

Shelv files it under jungle, based on memoir or autobiography, prison escape, and remote island.

The Great Escape, Public Enemies, and Escape from Alcatraz make useful companions to Papillon, all filed under escape and prison. It scores 7.8 out of 10 from 2,197 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.