Papillon (1973 film)
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Papillon is a 1973 historical adventure drama prison film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French co
Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung
The prison as it appeared in 1954, not long before it was closed and abandoned
Steve McQueen
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Terrence Stephen McQueen was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of 1960s counterculture, made him a top box office draw for his films of the late 1950s to the mid-19
Papillon (1973 film)
…The screenplay by Dalton Trumbo and Lorenzo Semple Jr. was based on the 1969 autobiography by the French convict Henri Charrière. The film stars Steve McQueen as Charrière ("Papillon") and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega. Because it was filmed at remote locations, the film was expensive for the time ($12 million…
McQueen in The Thomas Crown Affair, 1968
McQueen in The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)
Virginia Gregg with McQueen in Wanted: Dead or Alive, 1959
(L–R) Yul Brynner, McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, and James Coburn in The Magnificent Seven, 1960