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