Escape from New York

1981·99'

John Carpenter

ActionThrillerScience Fiction

English

Letterboxd TMDB #1103

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

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