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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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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1981-05-23
- video_camera_front Companies AVCO Embassy Pictures, Goldcrest, International Film Investors, City Films
- timer Runtime: 99 Mins
- star Rating: 7.1 / 10
- favorite Likes: 3198 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0082340
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smart_display 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
groups Crew

Debra Hill
Producer

Cloudia Rebar
Set Decoration

Nick Castle
Screenplay

Stephen Loomis
Costume Design

Larry Franco
Producer

John Carpenter
Director

John Carpenter
Screenplay

Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer

Joe Alves
Production Design

John Carpenter
Original Music Composer

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

Larry Franco
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
Dialogue Editor

Kevin Pike
Special Effects

Eddie Surkin
Special Effects

Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Arthur Gelb
Graphic Designer

Chris Horner
Assistant Art Director

Ed Zingel
Painter

Sol Aquino
Carpenter

Joseph F. Brennan
Boom Operator

Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Editor

Joseph C. Fama
Propmaker

Marvin Salsberg
Construction Foreman

Brian Bevis
Special Effects

Gary Zink
Special Effects

Pat Patterson
Special Effects

Eugene Booth
Assistant Property Master

Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer

Mike Johnson
Stunts

David Cronenberg
Thanks

Roydon Clark
Stunts

Buff Brady
Stunts

Mags Kavanaugh
Stunts

Fred Lerner
Stunts

Glory Fioramonti
Stunts

Bill Hart
Stunts

Kent Hays
Stunts

Harvey Parry
Stunts

Jack Tyree
Stunts

Jack Verbois
Stunts

John Moio
Stunts

George Sawaya
Stunts

George P. Wilbur
Stunts

Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double

William T. Lane
Stunts

Ted White
Stunts

Mike H. McGaughy
Stunts

Tony Randel
Special Effects Coordinator

James Winburn
Stunts

Dick Warlock
Stunts

Jesse Wayne
Stunts

James Cameron
Matte Painter

Alan Howarth
Sound Effects

Jena Holman
Matte Painter

Robert Skotak
Matte Painter

Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Coordinator

John C. Wash
Visual Effects

Bob Minor
Stunts

Eddie Hice
Stunts

Loren Janes
Stunts

Andrew Overholtzer
Propmaker

Tony Brubaker
Stunts

Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunts

James Cameron
Visual Effects Art Director

Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator
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