The source for the iconic prison-escape film starring Steve McQueen Henri Charrière, nicknamed "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious...

Bullitt: a star witness in a controversial court case is murdered and the police detective assigned to guard him goes after the killers himself. Papillon: a convict called vows to escape the inescapable Devil's Island.