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Papillon

Movie
1973
2h 31m
PG
English
Crime, Drama
User Score: 
8.1
Critic Score: 
66
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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 Poster

Papillon

PG
Movie
1973
2h 31m
English
Crime, Drama
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.
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8.1
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Papillon (1973) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
66

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Steve McQueen
Henri "Papillon" Charriere
Dustin Hoffman
Louis Dega
Victor Jory
Indian Chief
Anthony Zerbe
Toussaint
Robert Deman
Maturette
Bill Mumy
Lariot
William Smithers
Warden Barrot
Val Avery
Pascal
Vic Tayback
Sergeant
Ron Soble
Santini
Barbara Morrison
Mother Superior
Don Hanmer
Butterfly Trader
Jack Denbo
Classification Officer
John Quade
Masked Breton
Fred Sadoff
Deputy Warden
Directed By: Franklin J. Schaffner
Written By: Dalton Trumbo (Screenplay), Lorenzo Semple Jr. (Screenplay)

Featured Comments/Tips

Juliosoft says...
7 years ago
image and sound 3/5. It starts well but then it does not maintain the level although it's fine, I expected more
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totopsgr says...
9 years ago
This is a difficult movie to watch. Very slow paced but very effective in depicting the inhuman prison conditions. Not for everyone, but rewarding if you have the energy to connecti with it through the 151 minutes that it lasts
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siggi963 says...
3 months ago
An excellent movie with brilliant performances by McQueen and Hoffman. It depicts essentially the horrific conditions prisoners faced in the French colonies in the 1930s. An exceptional story about human resilience and the strive for freedom.
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Spiritualized Kaos says...
one year ago
Based on a true story about a prisoner on a Caribbean island.
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Featured User Reviews

CinemaSerf
2 years ago
Steve McQueen is superb as unlucky safe-cracker Henri "Papillon" Charrière, an innocent man convicted of murder and sentenced to imprisonment in the French penal colony at French Guiana. Once there, he learns quickly to appreciate the sheer brutality of a prison where any semblance of decency and h More
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adorablepanic
5 years ago
Although present for much of the filming, author Henri Charriere didn't live to see the release of PAPILLON (1973), which was based on his allegedly autobiographical novel. The veracity of what he recounts has been questioned virtually since the books' release in 1969, and the film takes further lib More
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Filipe Manuel Neto
a month ago
**A classic film with a remarkable story and great actors.**

This is a work that almost everyone remembers if the theme is films about the prison environment. It's a classic that takes us to a universe of pain, suffering, deprivation and fight against oppression, solidly based on a somewhat autob More
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Wuchak
3 years ago
_**The living hell of a penal colony in equatorial South America during the 30s**_

Henri Charrière’s account of his experiences from 1933-1945 involving the penal colony of Cayenne in French Guiana, South America, are chronicled, including solitary confinement, escape attempts, dwelling with G More
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