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Directed by Franklin J. SchaffnerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Biography,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Seafaring films,
Prison films,
Transport films,
ÉvasionActors Steve McQueen,
Dustin Hoffman,
Victor Jory,
Don Gordon,
Bill Mumy,
George CoulourisRating79%
1930's France. Henri Charrière (Steve McQueen), a safecracker nicknamed Papillon because of the butterfly tattoo on his chest, is wrongly convicted of murdering a pimp, he is being framed for the crime. He is sentenced to life imprisonment within the penal system in French Guiana. En route, he meets a fellow convict, Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman), a forger and embezzler who is convinced that his wife will secure his release. Dega hires Papillon as his bodyguard, but the two eventually develop a friendship., 2h45
Directed by John Sturges,
John FlynnOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Prison films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Motocyclette,
Political films,
Évasion,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidents,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Steve McQueen,
James Garner,
Richard Attenborough,
James Donald,
Charles Bronson,
Donald PleasenceRating81%
In 1943, having expended enormous resources on recapturing escaped Allied prisoners of war (POWs), the Germans move the most determined to a new, high-security prisoner of war camp. The commandant, Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger (Hannes Messemer), tells the senior British officer, Group Captain Ramsey (James Donald), "There will be no escapes from this camp." Von Luger points out the various features of the new camp designed to prevent escape, as well as the perks the prisoners will receive as an incentive not to try. After several failed escape attempts on the first day, the POWs settle into life at the prison camp., 1h52
Directed by Don SiegelOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Historical,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Évasion,
Se déroulant à AlcatrazActors Clint Eastwood,
Patrick McGoohan,
Fred Ward,
Jack Thibeau,
Larry Hankin,
Paul BenjaminRating75%
On January 18, 1960, Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) arrives at the maximum security prison Alcatraz, having been sent there after escaping from several other prisons. He is sent in to meet the warden (Patrick McGoohan), who curtly informs him that no one has ever escaped from Alcatraz. Eventually he meets his old friends, bank robber brothers John and Clarence Anglin (Fred Ward and Jack Thibeau), and he makes the acquaintance of the prisoner in the cell next to his, car thief Charley Butts (Larry Hankin). Morris befriends numerous other inmates, including English (Paul Benjamin), a black inmate serving two life sentences for killing two white men in self-defense; the eccentric Litmus (Frank Ronzio) who keeps a pet mouse and calls himself Al Capone, and the elderly artist and chrysanthemum grower Doc (Roberts Blossom)., 2h12
Directed by Jacques BeckerOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Historical,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
ÉvasionActors Michel Constantin,
Philippe Leroy,
Catherine Spaak,
Jean Keraudy,
Raymond Meunier,
Marc MichelRating84%
Four long-sentence prisoners are determined to escape. They start digging a tunnel. While they are still at it, the prison direction puts the new convict Gaspard into their cell. They have no choice but to fill him in. At first he's enthusiastic about taking part in the getaway but all of a sudden it shows he will be released soon anyway because the main witness against him had a change in mind. Clueless as they are, Roland, Manu and Géo keep following through on their plan until it becomes evident that Gaspard has betrayed them., 1h57
Directed by Mark RobsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Prison films,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Rail transport films,
Political films,
Évasion,
Children's films,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidentsActors Frank Sinatra,
Trevor Howard,
Raffaella Carrà,
Adolfo Celi,
Sergio Fantoni,
Brad DexterRating70%
Colonel Joseph Ryan (Frank Sinatra) is a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot who is shot down over Italy. He is captured by Italian troops and taken to a POW camp, run by the cruel Blackshirt Major Basilio Battaglia (Adolfo Celi). The camp is mainly populated by British prisoners., 1h35
Directed by Robert BressonOrigin FranceGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Documentary,
HistoricalThemes French war films,
Prison films,
Political films,
Évasion,
Films about capital punishment,
Histoire de France,
L'Occupation allemande en FranceActors François Leterrier,
Roland Monod,
Maurice Beerblock,
Jacques Ertaud,
Roger PlanchonRating81%
After the establishing shot of Montluc prison, but before the opening credits, the camera rests on a plaque commemorating the 7,000 prisoners who died at the hands of the Nazis., 1h36
Directed by John HerzfeldOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
ÉvasionActors Sylvester Stallone,
David Bautista,
Jaime King,
50 Cent,
Malese Jow,
Devon SawaRating44%
Alors qu'il doit libérer la fille d'un homme d'affaires richissime incarcérée dans une prison lettonne de haute sécurité, Ray Breslin apprend que sa petite amie, Abigail, a été kidnappée par le fils d'un ancien allié devenu son ennemi juré. Désormais, Breslin doit sauver les deux femmes enfermées dans ce pénitencier surnommé The Devil's Station car personne n'en est jamais sorti vivant. Secondé par Trent DeRosa et Hush, Breslin doit faire vite pour organiser leur évasion..., 2h41
Directed by David LeanOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
War,
Adventure,
HistoricalThemes Seafaring films,
Pont,
Prison films,
Transport films,
Rail transport films,
Political films,
ÉvasionActors William Holden,
Alec Guinness,
Jack Hawkins,
Sessue Hayakawa,
James Donald,
Percy HerbertRating80%
In World War II, British prisoners arrive by train at a Japanese prison camp in Burma. The commandant, Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), informs them that all prisoners, regardless of rank, are to work on the construction of a railway bridge over the River Kwai that will connect Bangkok and Rangoon. The senior British officer, Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), reminds Saito that the Geneva Conventions exempt officers from manual labour., 2h
Directed by Billy WilderOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Military humor in film,
Prison films,
Théâtre,
Political films,
Évasion,
Films based on playsActors William Holden,
Don Taylor,
Otto Preminger,
Sig Ruman,
Robert Strauss,
Peter GravesRating79%
Stalag 17 begins on "the longest night of the year" in 1944 in a Luftwaffe prisoner-of-war camp somewhere along the Danube River. The story is narrated by Clarence Harvey "Cookie" Cook (Gil Stratton). The camp holds Poles, Czechs, Russian females and, in the American compound, 640 sergeants from bomber crews, gunners, radiomen, and flight engineers.