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 | | December 16th, 1973  | Franklin J. Schaffner |  | Henri Charrière, Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr. |  | Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Deman, Woodrow Parfrey, Bill Mumy, George Coulouris, Ratna Assan, William Smithers, Val Avery, Gregory Sierra, Vic Tayback, Mills Watson |  | Allied Artists Pictures Corporation |  | Adventure, Drama |  | viipillars.com |  | PG |  | 150 minutes |  | $53,267,000 (US total) |
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 |  |  | | | | Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for 'butterfly' (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. A petty criminal, Papillon is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony in 'Guiane' (French Guiana, South America). Papillon is determined to escape but attempt after attempt meets with difficulty, resulting in eventual recapture. He continues his attempts to escape despite incarcerations in solitary confinement as punishment. |
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