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  1. The movie begins with Charriere (McQueen), nicknamed Papillon (or “butterfly”) on board a prison ship. He meets Louis Dega ( Dustin Hoffman, peering through Coke bottle glasses), the most famous counterfeiter in France.

  2. Convicted murderer Henri Charriere (Steve McQueen), known as "Papillon" for his butterfly chest tattoo, is transported to French Guiana to serve his sentence in a work camp.

    • (32)
    • Franklin J. Schaffner
    • PG
    • Steve Mcqueen
  3. 'Papillon' is the forceful portrait of a defiant man, who survives harrowing years of his life in small solitary cells, suffering the worst type of brutality and despair... It is the amazing true life story of a man of character called Henri Charriere, a Frenchman sentenced to life at Devil's island for a murder he did not commit...

  4. Dec 19, 1973 · 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.

    • (139K)
    • Biography, Crime, Drama
    • Franklin J. Schaffner
    • 1973-12-19
  5. Classic prison-escape movie has intense peril, violence. Read Common Sense Media's Papillon (1973) review, age rating, and parents guide.

    • Franklin L. Schaffner
    • Barbara Shulgasser-Parker
    • Steve Mcqueen
  6. Papillon holds a 72% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 32 reviews. Awards and honors. In 1974, the film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score (Jerry Goldsmith) and a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor, Drama (Steve McQueen). In popular culture

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