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On a prison ship bound for the penal colony of French Guiana, a convict named Papillon - sentenced to life imprisonment of a murder he did not commit - offers to become the bodyguard of Louis Dega, a famous forger known to be carrying a lot of money, in return for financial help with his escape plans. In Guiana, the two men are sent to a work camp in the jungle, where Papillon manages to buy a boat from a butterfly trader and then makes a desperate escape from camp after stopping a guard from beating Dega. But he is double-crossed by the trader, and brought back to solitary confinement, where his meagre rations are supplemented at first by food smuggled in by Dega; he is put on half rations and shut in total darkness.Product Identifiers
ProducerRobert O. Kaplan, Emanuel L. Wolf, Robert Dorfmann, Franklin J. Schaffner, Ted Richmond
EAN0888574755508
eBay Product ID (ePID)20053517843
Product Key Features
ActorVictor Jory, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Deman, Steve McQueen, Woodrow Parfrey
Film/TV TitlePapillon
DirectorJack Maxsted, Fred J. Koenekamp, Fred Koenekamp, Franklin J. Schaffner
FormatBlu-ray
GenreAction, Adventure, Drama, Adaptation
StudioWarner Bros. Digital Distribution
Additional Product Features
Release Year1973
ComposerJerry Goldsmith
ScreenwriterDalton Trumbo, Henri Charrière, William Goldman, Lorenzo Semple Jr.
AuthorHenri Charriere, Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Original LanguageEn
Production CompanyAllied Artists
EditorRobert W. Swink, Robert Swink