Papillon (1973)★ 7.5/10

PG · US · 151 min · December 16, 1973

• Crime
• Drama
• Biography

Directed by: Franklin J. Schaffner

Written by: Dalton Trumbo, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Henri Charrière, William Goldman

In the 1930s, a French prisoner forms a friendship with a fellow convict as they commence their prison term in the penal colony of Devil's Island in South America. This camaraderie prompts the man to devise a plan for their escape.