De film vertelt het verhaal van Henri Charriere, een kleine crimineel die onterecht wordt veroordeeld voor moord, en een levenslange gevangenisstraf krijgt op Frans Guyana. Hij is vastberaden te ontsnappen, maar zijn eerste poging mislukt.
Nee, helaas is Papillon nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Ted Richmond | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Franklin J. Schaffner | Director |
| Production | Robert Dorfmann | Producer |
| Writing | Dalton Trumbo | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lorenzo Semple Jr. | Screenplay |
| Production | Franklin J. Schaffner | Producer |
| Camera | Fred J. Koenekamp | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Swink | Editor |
| Production | Jack Baur | Casting |
| Art | Anthony Masters | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Powell | Costume Design |
| Sound | Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunt Double |
| Production | Emmett Emerson | Production Manager |
| Production | Robert Watts | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | José López Rodero | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kuki López Rodero | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Joe Nayfack | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Roberto Parra | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marshall Schlom | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Dennis J. Parrish | Property Master |
| Art | Bill MacSems | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mickey Sherrard | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Pueo | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles H. Schram | Makeup Designer |
| Art | Jack Maxsted | Art Direction |
| Art | Hugh Scaife | Set Dresser |
| Camera | Reggie Jones | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Gene Stout | Gaffer |
| Crew | Alex Weldon | Special Effects |
| Sound | Derek Ball | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Gordon Daniel | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Erma E. Levin | Music Editor |
| Camera | Thomas Laughridge | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jack Courtland | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Henri Charrière | Book |
| Crew | Jophery C. Brown | Stunts |
| Crew | Dar Robinson | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Lerner | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy Scammell | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Richard Farnsworth | Stunts |
