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Oct 31, 1974 · I Escaped from Devil's Island: Directed by William Witney. With Jim Brown, Christopher George, Richard Ely, Richard Rust. In 1916, A group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.
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- Action, Adventure
- William Witney
- 1974-10-31
I Escaped from Devil's Island is a 1973 exploitation film about an escape attempt from Devil's Island. Roger Corman and Gene Corman produced this grim adventure saga which was made to cash in on the release of Papillon.
- Richard DeLong Adams
- Gene Corman
Nov 6, 2021 · Henri Charrière escaped from Devil's Island in 1942, published the bestselling "Papillon," and ultimately won his freedom in 1970. How this Paris gangster escaped the infamous prison on Devil's Island and became a celebrity for it.
- William Delong
Charrière claims to have been incarcerated in Saint Laurent and may have escaped from there, but according to French officials, he never served any time on Devil's Island. [ citation needed ] The book and movie both present Devil's Island as having rocky cliffs, when, in fact, although the entire island is rocky, it gently slopes into the ...
- 29 July 1973 (aged 66), Madrid, Spain
- Papillon
- French, later Venezuelan
- 16 November 1906, Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès, France
Aug 11, 2015 · One of the most well-known inmates was Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish-French officer wrongly accused of treason, who spent four years incarcerated at a notorious prison there called Devil’s Island.
Synopsis. The book is an account of a 14-year period in Papillon's life (October 26, 1931 to October 18, 1945), beginning when he was wrongly convicted of murder in France and sentenced to a life of hard labor at the Bagne de Cayenne, the penal colony of Cayenne in French Guiana known as Devil's Island. He eventually escaped from the colony and ...
1h 27m 1973. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A convicted murderer leads a band of men through shark-infested waters in an attempt to escape the fortress prison. Cast & Crew. Read More. William Witney. Director. Jim Brown. Christopher George. Rick Ely. Richard Rust. Paul Richards. Film Details. MPAA Rating. Genre.
