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Papillon is a 1973 historical adventure drama [7] prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charrière ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega.
With Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon. A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- 1973-12-19
Henri Charrière. Book. Dalton Trumbo. Screenplay. Lorenzo Semple Jr. Screenplay. 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.
Papillon - Full Cast & Crew. A fact-based tale of Henri Charriere's numerous escape attempts from Devil's Island, the infamous penal colony in French Guiana, where he was sent in 1931.
- Franklin J. Schaffner
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