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.
Cast
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
Dancer
Richard Cosentino
Gypsy Guard
Joel Bennett
Gypsy #4
Tobar Mayo
Third Indian
Steven M. Gagnon
Secret Service #1
Michael Taylor
Secret Service #3
Lonnie Wun
Red Bandana Gypsy
Dale E. House
Helicopter Pilot #1
Bob Minor
Duty Sergeant
James O'Hagen
Computer Operator
James Emery
Trooper
Tom Lillard
Police Sergeant
Borah Silver
Theatre manager
Tony Papenfuss
Theatre Assistant
Carmen Filpi
Bum
Clay Wright
Helicopter Pilot #3
Al Cerullo
Helicopter Pilot #4
Alan Shearman
Dancer
Ron Vernan
Dancer
Crew
John Carpenter
Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Nick Castle
Screenplay
Todd C. Ramsay
Editor
Randy D. Thornton
Assistant Editor
Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
Larry Franco
First Assistant Director, Producer
Jeffrey Chernov
Second Assistant Director
Debra Hill
Producer
Barry Bernardi
Associate Producer, Location Manager
Joe Alves
Production Design
Pegi Brotman
Casting
Stephen Loomis
Costume Design
Frankie Bergman
Hairstylist
Benjamin Douglas
Makeup Artist
Ken Chase
Makeup Supervisor
Jim Lucas
Second Unit Director of Photography
Chris Horner
Assistant Art Director
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Editor
David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Editor
David Ritscher
Assistant Sound Editor
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer
Alan Howarth
Sound Effects, Original Music Composer
Joseph F. Brennan
Boom Operator
Carl Fischer
Boom Operator
Nicholas James
Foley Editor
Tony Randel
Special Effects Coordinator
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Coordinator, Special Effects Supervisor
Pat Patterson
Special Effects
Eddie Surkin
Special Effects
Gary Zink
Special Effects
Brian Bevis
Special Effects
Kevin Pike
Special Effects
James Cameron
Visual Effects Art Director, Matte Painter
John C. Wash
Visual Effects
Mark Mangini
Dialogue Editor
Steve Rice
Dialogue Editor
Serge Genitempo
Standby Painter
Jena Holman
Matte Painter
Robert Skotak
Matte Painter
Ed Zingel
Painter
Cloudia Rebar
Set Decoration
Marvin Salsberg
Construction Foreman
Joseph C. Fama
Propmaker
Michael W. Moore
Propmaker
Andrew Overholtzer
Propmaker
Louise Jaffe
Script Supervisor
Sol Aquino
Carpenter
Frank Capra III
Assistant Location Manager
Mike Johnson
Stunts
Roydon Clark
Stunts
Buff Brady
Stunts
Glory Fioramonti
Stunts
Bill Hart
Stunts
Kent Hays
Stunts
Fred Lerner
Stunts
Mags Kavanaugh
Stunts
William T. Lane
Stunts
Mike H. McGaughy
Stunts
John Moio
Stunts
Harvey Parry
Stunts
Jack Tyree
Stunts
George Sawaya
Stunts
Ted White
Stunts
George P. Wilbur
Stunts
Jack Verbois
Stunts
James Winburn
Stunts
Dick Warlock
Stunts, Stunt Coordinator
Jesse Wayne
Stunts, Stunt Double
Bob Minor
Stunts
Eddie Hice
Stunts
Loren Janes
Stunts
Tony Brubaker
Stunts
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunts
Mike May
Property Master
Eugene Booth
Assistant Property Master
Lee B. Drygas
Swing
Alan Levine
Production Manager
Don Sutton
Leadman
Arthur Gelb
Graphic Designer
David Cronenberg
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