Escape from New York
1997. New York City is a walled, maximum security prison. Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane.
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.
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Cast
Adrienne Barbeau
Maggie
John Diehl
Punk
Kurt Russell
Snake Plissken
Lee Van Cleef
Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
Nick Castle
Pianist
Harry Dean Stanton
Harold 'Brain' Helman
Jamie Lee Curtis
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Rodger Bumpass
Dancer
Ernest Borgnine
Cabbie
Donald Pleasence
President of the United States
Nancy Stephens
Stewardess
John Carpenter
Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player
Ox Baker
Slag
Charles Cyphers
Secretary of State
John Cothran
Gypsy #1
Wally Taylor
Controller
Isaac Hayes
The Duke of New York
Tom Atkins
Rehme
George Buck Flower
Drunk
Steven Ford
Secret Service #2
Bob Minor
Duty Sergeant
Al Cerullo
Helicopter Pilot #4
Alan Shearman
Dancer
Season Hubley
Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
Frank Doubleday
Romero
Debra Hill
Computer (voice)
Joel Bennett
Gypsy #4
Tony Papenfuss
Theatre Assistant
Joe Unger
Taylor
Garrett Bergfeld
Gypsy #2
Carmen Filpi
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