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  1. Papillon is a 1973 historical adventure drama [7] prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charrière ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega.

  2. With Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon. A French convict in the 1930s befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence in the South American penal colony on Devil's Island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

    • (139K)
    • Biography, Crime, Drama
    • Franklin J. Schaffner
    • 1973-12-19
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    • 4 min
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  4. Convicted murderer Henri Charriere (Steve McQueen), known as "Papillon" for his butterfly chest tattoo, is transported to French Guiana to serve his sentence in a work camp.

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    • Franklin J. Schaffner
    • PG
    • Steve Mcqueen
  5. Henri Charriere (Steve McQueen) is a safe-cracker nicknamed "Papillon" because of the butterfly tattoo on his chest. In 1933 France, he is wrongly convicted of murdering a pimp and is sentenced to life imprisonment within the penal system in French Guiana, South America.

  6. 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. Franklin J. Schaffner. Director. Dalton Trumbo.

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  8. Sep 15, 2004 · Detained after a failed escape from a mainland work crew, Steve McQueen (title character) is conducted to "solitary" at Devil's Island, William Smithers the warden making a speech, beginning a famous series of scenes in Franklin Schaffner's.