The read
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 83% of the 377 1970s crime movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 31m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes74%
Metacritic58/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
2,180 audience votes
Key crew
- Franklin J. SchaffnerDirector
- Dalton TrumboScreenplay
- Lorenzo Semple Jr.Screenplay
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Steve McQueenHenri "Papillon" Charriere
- Dustin HoffmanLouis Dega
- Victor JoryIndian Chief
- Don GordonJulot
- Anthony ZerbeToussaint
- Robert DemanMaturette
- Woodrow ParfreyClusiot
- Bill MumyLariot
- George CoulourisDr. Chatal
- Ratna AssanZoraima
- William SmithersWarden Barrot
- Val AveryPascal
Stills
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Themes
prisonescapeprison escapejunglesolitary confinementbased on memoir or autobiographyremote islandleper colonylabor campcorrupt officialfrench colonialismdevil's island
The Best Movies of 1973
Papillon is #29 of 60
