Papillon (1973)

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Steve McQueen plays Papillon, 'the butterfly', a petty criminal wrongly convicted of murder. After managing to escape one prison, Papillon is recaptured and sent to the notorious Devil's Island.

Here his unquenchable spirit is sorely tested by a hefty stint on the island, off the coast of French Guiana in South America, which no one has ever managed to escape from.

Based on the Henri Charrière novel, Papillon is based on the author's own experiences having successfully escaped the torturous Devils Island work-camp after initially serving a sentence in the French penal colony of French Guyana.

Papillon is a Film programme that first aired in 1973 and has been rated 15.

Papillon is a 4 star programme.

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