Escape from New York

Lee Van Cleef as Police Commissioner Bob Hauk Harry Dean Stanton as Harold 'Brain' Helman John Cothran as Gypsy #1 Nancy Stephens as Stewardess John Carpenter as Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player Jamie Lee Curtis as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited) Joe Unger as Taylor Isaac Hayes as The Duke of New York Adrienne Barbeau as Maggie Tom Atkins as Rehme George Buck Flower as Drunk Debra Hill as Computer (voice) Ox Baker as Slag Garrett Bergfeld as Gypsy #2 Wally Taylor as Controller Season Hubley as Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts Frank Doubleday as Romero Steven Ford as Secret Service #2 Nick Castle as Pianist John Diehl as Punk Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken Ernest Borgnine as Cabbie Donald Pleasence as President of the United States Charles Cyphers as Secretary of State Rodger Bumpass as Dancer

George P. Wilbur Stunts Nick Castle Screenplay Larry Franco Producer, First Assistant Director Alan Howarth Original Music Composer, Sound Effects Fred Lerner Stunts David Cronenberg Thanks Joe Alves Production Design Dick Warlock Stunts, Stunt Coordinator Bob Minor Stunts John Carpenter Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay Sandra Lee Gimpel Stunts Bill Hart Stunts James Cameron Matte Painter, Visual Effects Art Director Mark Mangini Dialogue Editor Todd C. Ramsay Editor Harvey Parry Stunts Ted White Stunts Eddie Hice Stunts Tony Brubaker Stunts Tony Randel Special Effects Coordinator James Winburn Stunts Jack Verbois Stunts Loren Janes Stunts Debra Hill Producer Dean Cundey Director of Photography