The greatest adventure of escape!
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.
CrimeDramaprisonescapeprison escapejunglesolitary confinementbased on memoir or autobiographyremote islandleper colonylabor campcorrupt officialfrench colonialismdevil's island
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, grave and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
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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
Crew
- Franklin J. SchaffnerDirector
- Dalton TrumboScreenplay
- Lorenzo Semple Jr.Screenplay
- Fred J. KoenekampDirector of Photography
- Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
- Robert SwinkEditor
- Robert DorfmannProducer
- Franklin J. SchaffnerProducer
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