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.
3.5 / 5
Escape from New York
Escape from L.A.
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
Producer
Cloudia Rebar
Set Decoration
Screenplay
Stephen Loomis
Costume Design
Larry Franco
Director
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
Joe Alves
Production Design
Todd C. Ramsay
Editor
Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
Ken Chase
Makeup Supervisor
Serge Genitempo
Standby Painter
Don Sutton
Leadman
Carl Fischer
Boom Operator
David Ritscher
Assistant Sound Editor
First Assistant Director
Lee B. Drygas
Swing
Nicholas James
Foley Editor
Benjamin Douglas
Makeup Artist
Jeffrey Chernov
Second Assistant Director
Michael W. Moore
Propmaker
Jake Eberts
Executive Producer
Barry Bernardi
Associate Producer
Jim Lucas
Second Unit Director of Photography
Alan Levine
Production Manager
Frankie Bergman
Hairstylist
Mike May
Property Master
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Editor
Mark Mangini
Dialogue Editor
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Supervisor
Steve Rice
Kevin Pike
Special Effects
Eddie Surkin
Bill Varney
Arthur Gelb
Graphic Designer
Chris Horner
Assistant Art Director
Ed Zingel
Painter
Sol Aquino
Carpenter
Joseph F. Brennan
Steve Maslow
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Joseph C. Fama
Marvin Salsberg
Construction Foreman
Brian Bevis
Gary Zink
Pat Patterson
Eugene Booth
Assistant Property Master
Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer
Mike Johnson
Stunts
David Cronenberg
Thanks
Roydon Clark
Buff Brady
Mags Kavanaugh
Fred Lerner
Glory Fioramonti
Bill Hart
Kent Hays
Harvey Parry
Jack Tyree
Jack Verbois
John Moio
George Sawaya
George P. Wilbur
Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double
William T. Lane
Ted White
Mike H. McGaughy
Tony Randel
Special Effects Coordinator
James Winburn
Dick Warlock
James Cameron
Matte Painter
Sound Effects
Jena Holman
Robert Skotak
John C. Wash
Visual Effects
Bob Minor
Eddie Hice
Loren Janes
Andrew Overholtzer
Tony Brubaker
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Visual Effects Art Director
Stunt Coordinator
