A FRENCH CONVICT IN THE 1930S BEFRIENDS A FELLOW CRIMINAL AS THE TWO OF THEM BEGIN SERVING THEIR SENTENCE IN THE SOUTH AMERICAN PENAL COLONY ON DEVIL'S ISLAND, WHICH INSPIRES THE MAN TO PLOT HIS ESCAPE. STARRING STEVE MCQUEEN, DUSTIN HOFFMAN, DON GORDON, ROBERT DEMAN, DALTON TRUMBO.