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Papillon

BBC One
on BBC One London

The true story of one of the most amazing prison escapes, based on Henri Charriere's autobiographical novel, starring Steve McQueen Dustin Hoffman
Henri Charriere, nicknamed Papillon, is sentenced to life imprisonment on the notorious Devil's Island, French Guiana, for a crime he did not commit. For the next 13 years, Papillon devotes his entire energies to escape and suffers savage punishments and inhumanities as a result, before his final bid for freedom.
(1973, 18)
See Films: pages 52-61

Contributors

Director:
Franklin J Schaffner
Henri Charriere, Papillon:
Steve McQueen
Louis Dega:
Dustin Hoffman
Indian chief:
Victor Jory
Julot:
Don Gordon
Toussaint, leper colony chief:
Anthony Zerbe
Maturette:
Robert Deman
Clusoit:
Woodrow Parfrey
Lariot:
Bill Mumy
DrChatal:
George Coulouris
Zoraima:
Ratna Assan
Warden Barrot:
William Smithers
Antonio:
Gregory Sierra
Mother Superior:
Barbara Morrison
Nun:
Ellen Moss
Butterfly trader:
Don Hanmer
Commandant:
Dalton Trumbo
Pascal:
Val Avery
Sergeant:
Victor Tayback
Guard:
Mills Watson
Santini:
Ron Soble
Old con:
Ej Andre
Deputy warden:
Fred Sadoff
Turnkey:
Allen Jaffe
Old trustee:
Liam Dunn
Mrs Dega:
Anne Byrne Hoffman
Source: Radio Times

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