Note

The film must be destroyed no later than December 2019

Based on the memoirs of convicted felon and fugitive Henri Charriere, who staged an epic escape from Devil’s Island. Charriere, a petty criminal from Paris, was framed and unjustly convicted of murder in 1930s France, then sent to Devil’s Island. He provides protection from fellow thug inmates for his friend, a quirky counterfeiter, who in turn aids his prison escape.