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Show f i Elf I, I,-...! PAPILLON Papillon,' the incredible but true story of a convict's harrowing 13-year ordeal in the hell of Devil's Island, from Henri 'Papillon' Charriere's book, will be presented Thursday, Oct. 6 on CBS-TV. The special stars Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman. Enroute to Devil's Island, Papillon meets Louis Dega, an urbane and infamous in-famous counterfeiter. He agrees to protect Dega in return for money to finance his escape. Papillon's first attempt ends in disaster. Betrayed, he is captured and sentenced to two years in solitary confinement. Emerging from solitary, he immediately tries another escape. This time, Papillon gets as far as Colombia Col-ombia before he is captured. Upon his release from five years' solitary confinement, Papillon finds his friend Dega now a broken and demented old man. But Papillon, his thirst for freedom unquenchable, makes new plans to escape or die in the attempt. CONSULT OUR LISTINGS FOfl LAST MINUTE NETWORK NET-WORK CHANGES ANO FOR EXACT AIR TIME. . |