

23/05/1981
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.

Kurt Russell
as Snake Plissken

Lee Van Cleef
as Police Commissioner Bob Hauk

Ernest Borgnine
as Cabbie

Donald Pleasence
as President of the United States

Isaac Hayes
as The Duke of New York

Season Hubley
as Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts

Harry Dean Stanton
as Harold 'Brain' Helman

Adrienne Barbeau
as Maggie

Tom Atkins
as Rehme

Charles Cyphers
as Secretary of State

Frank Doubleday
as Romero

John Strobel
as Cronenberg

George Buck Flower
as Drunk

John Cothran
as Gypsy #1

Nancy Stephens
as Stewardess

Steven Ford
as Secret Service #2

John Carpenter
as Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player

Jamie Lee Curtis
as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)

Nick Castle
as Pianist

Debra Hill
as Computer (voice)

Ox Baker
as Slag

Joe Unger
as Taylor

Garrett Bergfeld
as Gypsy #2

Wally Taylor
as Controller

Rodger Bumpass
as Dancer

John Diehl
as Punk

Ronald E. House
as Dancer
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