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