Papillon

Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman

Big budget epic about the torture of prisoners by France in early 20th century. We follow our protagonists to Devil's Island and watch them suffer and deteriorate physically and psychologically. SM makes several escape attempts which make him eligible for more torture. What fun.

Lavish production filmed in Jamaica...solid production values...a bit pat and creaky at times but still very engaging if you like this sort of thing. Should please sadists.

Note how far humanity has come since then!

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