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.
Papillon is of 2 hour(s) and 31 minute(s). It is Produced By: Allied Artists Pictures, Solar Productions, Corona-General. It was released on 1973-12-13. It has the tagline: The greatest adventure of escape! It has an average vote of 7.851 on TMDB.
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