Movie
Papillon
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1973-12-16
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Allied Artists Pictures, Solar Productions, Corona-General
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Steve McQueen as Henri "Papillon" Charriere
- Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega
- Victor Jory as Indian Chief
- Don Gordon as Julot
- Anthony Zerbe as Toussaint
- Robert Deman as Maturette
- Woodrow Parfrey as Clusiot
- Bill Mumy as Lariot
- George Coulouris as Dr. Chatal
- Ratna Assan as Zoraima
- William Smithers as Warden Barrot
- Val Avery as Pascal
Crew
- Franklin J. Schaffner - Director
- Dalton Trumbo - Screenplay
- Lorenzo Semple Jr. - Screenplay
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