Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.
Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town. They go to the store of the Ducotels, the only store that gives supplies on credit. They initially intend to take advantage of them but have a change of heart after they find the family is in financial troubles.
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.
Biopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.
A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.
When one of Mike McBride's men goes rogue and takes a group of gymnasts hostage to Devil's Island in exchange for the return of drug lord Carlos Gallindo, the SEALS face their most perilous assignment yet.
Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.
A lawyer finds out that a young couple convicted of murder was in fact framed for the crime and goes to the prison with the hope of freeing them and learns the events that happened to the two from a fellow prisoner who helped them escape.
A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.
In 1916, a group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.
Two men escape from the French penal colony but not from their jealousy over a woman.
An ex-con from Devil's Island enlists the support of the governor's daughter in exposing a prison mining operation.
A ship's officer is sentenced to Devil's Island for murder after a fatal brawl.
A French military officer is convicted of treason and sent to Devil's Island. His wife takes it upon herself to obtain the stolen document and prove his innocence.
A wealthy Parisian surgeon finds himself serving time in a brutal penal colony.
A would-be publican decides to set up shop on a remote island with a flat-pack DIY pub, but encounters more competition than he bargained for.
