Papillon
The greatest adventure of escape!
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.
- Director
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $53M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Papillon actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Papillon appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Prison Movies Ranked #12
Placed at #12 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #75
Placed at #75 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Papillon returned 4.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $12M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $53M
- Release date
- Dec 16, 1973
- Runtime
- 2h 31m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- France, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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