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Escape from New York

Escape from New York1981

★7.099 minActionThrillerScience 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 bring him back.

Director

Writer

Nick Castle John Carpenter

Score

John Carpenter Alan Howarth

Stars

Kurt Russell Lee Van Cleef Ernest Borgnine

Cast44

Kurt Russell
as Snake Plissken
Lee Van Cleef
as Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
Ernest Borgnine
as Cabbie
Donald Pleasence
as President of the United States
Isaac Hayes
as The Duke of New York
Season Hubley
as Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
Harry Dean Stanton
as Harold 'Brain' Helman
Adrienne Barbeau
as Maggie
Tom Atkins
as Rehme
Charles Cyphers
as Secretary of State
Frank Doubleday
as Romero
J
John Strobel
as Cronenberg
George Buck Flower
as Drunk
John Cothran
as Gypsy #1
Nancy Stephens
as Stewardess
Steven Ford
as Secret Service #2
John Carpenter
as Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player
Jamie Lee Curtis
as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Nick Castle
as Pianist
Debra Hill
as Computer (voice)
Ox Baker
as Slag
Joe Unger
as Taylor
Garrett Bergfeld
as Gypsy #2
Wally Taylor
as Controller
Rodger Bumpass
as Dancer
John Diehl
as Punk
R
Ronald E. House
as Dancer
R
Richard Cosentino
as Gypsy Guard
Joel Bennett
as Gypsy #4
S
Steven M. Gagnon
as Secret Service #1
M
Michael Taylor
as Secret Service #3
L
Lonnie Wun
as Red Bandana Gypsy
D
Dale E. House
as Helicopter Pilot #1
Bob Minor
as Duty Sergeant
J
James O'Hagen
as Computer Operator
J
James Emery
as Trooper
T
Tom Lillard
as Police Sergeant
B
Borah Silver
as Theatre manager
Tony Papenfuss
as Theatre Assistant
Carmen Filpi
as Bum
C
Clay Wright
as Helicopter Pilot #3
Al Cerullo
as Helicopter Pilot #4
Alan Shearman
as Dancer
R
Ron Vernan
as Dancer

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