Escape from New York

7.0 1981 99 min
R
Action Thriller Science Fiction

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to br…

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Director
John Carpenter
Writers
Nick Castle, John Carpenter
Classification
R

Cast

The cast behind this title

Kurt Russell Snake Plissken
Lee Van Cleef Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
Ernest Borgnine Cabbie
Donald Pleasence President of the United States
Isaac Hayes The Duke of New York
Season Hubley Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
Harry Dean Stanton Harold 'Brain' Helman
Adrienne Barbeau Maggie
Tom Atkins Rehme
Charles Cyphers Secretary of State
Frank Doubleday Romero
John Strobel Cronenberg
George Buck Flower Drunk
John Cothran Gypsy #1
Nancy Stephens Stewardess
Steven Ford Secret Service #2
John Carpenter Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player
Jamie Lee Curtis Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)

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