Papillon

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Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen, dressed in prison uniforms and standing barefoot, appear in a prison yard scene from the film Papillon (1973).

Papillon

film by Schaffner [1973]

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Franklin J. Schaffner
Even more popular was Papillon (1973), which was based on the autobiography of Henri Charrière, a French prisoner who escaped from Devils Island. Steve McQueen starred in the title role, and Dustin Hoffman portrayed a fellow prisoner. Although considered overly long, the drama was a critical and commercial success.…
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Even more popular was Papillon (1973), which was based on the autobiography of Henri Charrière, a French prisoner who escaped from Devils Island. Steve McQueen starred in the title role, and Dustin Hoffman portrayed a fellow prisoner. Although considered overly long, the drama was a critical and commercial success.…
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Steve McQueen
…this period included the well-received Papillon (1973) and the popular disaster movie The Towering Inferno (1974). However, McQueen did little to develop as an actor. He took a three-year hiatus to star in and produce a screen adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s stage play An Enemy of the People (1977), a…
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…this period included the well-received Papillon (1973) and the popular disaster movie The Towering Inferno (1974). However, McQueen did little to develop as an actor. He took a three-year hiatus to star in and produce a screen adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s stage play An Enemy of the People (1977), a…
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