Now, before we get into what you need to know of how you can watch 'Papillon' right now, here are some important points about the Allied Artists Pictures, Solar Productions, Corona-General drama flick. Papillon starring Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon has a PG rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 31 min. The release date of the movie is December 16th, 1973. The movie received a user score of 78/100 on TMDb, which reflects reviews from 2,034 platform users.
Curious about the story behind it? Here's the plot: "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."
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'Papillon' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on December 16th, 1973
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
December 14th, 1999
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