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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. 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
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- 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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