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Escape from New York

1981·1h 39m·RFilmIMDb7.1/10RT70%MC76/100TMDB70%
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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.

ActionThrillerScience Fictionnew york citytaximartial artsstreet gangusa presidentwar veterankidnappinghostageliberation of prisonersgangsterdystopiaanti hero

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Cast

Actor leads, character follows
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)
Nick Castle
Pianist
Debra Hill
Computer (voice)
Ox Baker
Slag
Joe Unger
Taylor
Garrett Bergfeld
Gypsy #2
Wally Taylor
Controller
Rodger Bumpass
Dancer
John Diehl
Punk
Ronald E. House
Dancer
Richard Cosentino
Gypsy Guard
Joel Bennett
Gypsy #4
Tobar Mayo
Third Indian

Made by

Composers are people, not a row in a table
John Carpenter
Director, Writer, Composer
Nick Castle
Writer
Debra Hill
Producer
Larry Franco
Producer
Alan Howarth
Composer

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Information
Released
1981
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
R
Studio
AVCO Embassy Pictures · Goldcrest Films International · International Film Investors · City Films · Taurus Film
Country
United Kingdom, Germany, United States of America
Languages
Audio
EN
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