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CRIME

DRAMA

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.

name	character
Ratna Assan	Zoraima
Val Avery	Pascal
George Coulouris	Dr. Chatal
Robert Deman	Maturette
Don Gordon	Julot
Dustin Hoffman	Louis Dega
Victor Jory	Indian Chief
Steve McQueen	Henri 'Papillon' Charriere
Bill Mumy	Lariot
Woodrow Parfrey	Clusiot
Gregory Sierra	Antonio
William Smithers	Warden Barrot
Vic Tayback	Sergeant
Mills Watson	Guard
Anthony Zerbe	Toussaint - Head of Leper Colony

name
Robert Dorfmann	producer
Jerry Goldsmith	composer
Franklin J. Schaffner	director, producer
Lorenzo Semple Jr.	screenplay
Dalton Trumbo	screenplay