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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.
Language
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue $53,267,000
English,
Español
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue $53,267,000
Keywords
prison
escape
prison escape
jungle
solitary confinement
based on memoir or autobiography
remote island
leper colony
labor camp
corrupt official
french colonialism
devil's island
prison brutality
guyana
1930s
Casts
Steve McQueen
Henri "Papillon" Charriere
Dustin Hoffman
Louis Dega
Victor Jory
Indian Chief
Don Gordon
Julot
Anthony Zerbe
Toussaint
Robert Deman
Maturette
Woodrow Parfrey
Clusiot
Bill Mumy
Lariot
George Coulouris
Dr. Chatal
Ratna Assan
Zoraima
William Smithers
Warden Barrot
Val Avery
Pascal
Gregory Sierra
Antonio
Vic Tayback
Sergeant
Mills Watson
Guard
Ron Soble
Santini
Barbara Morrison
Mother Superior
Don Hanmer
Butterfly Trader
E.J. André
Old Con
Richard Angarola
Commandant
Jack Denbo
Classification Officer
Len Lesser
Guard
John Quade
Masked Breton
Fred Sadoff
Deputy Warden
Allen Jaffe
Turnkey
Liam Dunn
Old Trustee
Anne Byrne Hoffman
Mrs. Dega (uncredited)
Dalton Trumbo
Commandant (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth
Manhunter (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Doctor (uncredited)
Crews
Ted Richmond
Executive Producer
Franklin J. Schaffner
Director
Robert Dorfmann
Producer
Dalton Trumbo
Screenplay
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Screenplay
Franklin J. Schaffner
Producer
Fred J. Koenekamp
Director of Photography
Robert Swink
Editor
Jack Baur
Casting
Anthony Masters
Production Design
Anthony Powell
Costume Design
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Loren Janes
Stunt Double
Emmett Emerson
Production Manager
Robert Watts
Unit Production Manager
José López Rodero
First Assistant Director
Kuki López Rodero
First Assistant Director
Joe Nayfack
Second Assistant Director
Roberto Parra
Second Assistant Director
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
Dennis J. Parrish
Property Master
Bill MacSems
Assistant Property Master
Mickey Sherrard
Wardrobe Supervisor
Tony Pueo
Wardrobe Supervisor
Charles H. Schram
Makeup Designer
Jack Maxsted
Art Direction
Hugh Scaife
Set Dresser
Reggie Jones
Key Grip
Gene Stout
Gaffer
Alex Weldon
Special Effects
Derek Ball
Sound Recordist
Arthur Morton
Orchestrator
Gordon Daniel
Sound Editor
Erma E. Levin
Music Editor
Thomas Laughridge
Camera Operator
Jack Courtland
Camera Operator
Henri Charrière
Book
Jophery C. Brown
Stunts
Dar Robinson
Stunts
Fred Lerner
Stunts
Roy Scammell
Stunt Double
Richard Farnsworth
Stunts
Backdrops & Posters
