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 |
| Camera | Fred J. Koenekamp | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Swink | Editor |
| Writing | Lorenzo Semple Jr. | Screenplay |
| Directing | Franklin J. Schaffner | Director |
| Writing | Dalton Trumbo | Screenplay |
| Production | Robert Dorfmann | Producer |
| Production | Franklin J. Schaffner | Producer |
| Art | Anthony Masters | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Powell | Costume Design |
| Production | Jack Baur | Casting |
| Sound | Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunt Double |
| Directing | Marshall Schlom | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Bill MacSems | Assistant Property Master |
| Directing | José López Rodero | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Dennis J. Parrish | Property Master |
| Art | Jack Maxsted | Art Direction |
| Directing | Roberto Parra | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Emmett Emerson | Production Manager |
| Directing | Joe Nayfack | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tony Pueo | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Production | Robert Watts | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Kuki López Rodero | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mickey Sherrard | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles H. Schram | Makeup Designer |
| Camera | Jack Courtland | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Reggie Jones | Key Grip |
| Crew | Alex Weldon | Special Effects |
| Camera | Thomas Laughridge | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Gordon Daniel | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Derek Ball | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Gene Stout | Gaffer |
| Sound | Erma E. Levin | Music Editor |
| Writing | Henri Charrière | Book |
| Art | Hugh Scaife | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Arthur Morton | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Jophery C. Brown | Stunts |
| Crew | Dar Robinson | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Lerner | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy Scammell | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Richard Farnsworth | Stunts |
