Release Date
📅
Original Release
May 23, 1981
1h 39m
Escape from New York (1981)
⭐ 7.199 min
Overview
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.
Director
John Carpenter
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 4.4
Cast
Kurt Russell
Snake Plissken
⭐3.5
Lee Van Cleef
Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
⭐4.0
Ernest Borgnine
Cabbie
⭐8.4
Donald Pleasence
President of the United States
⭐2.5
Isaac Hayes
The Duke of New York
⭐2.3
Season Hubley
Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
⭐1.7
Harry Dean Stanton
Harold 'Brain' Helman
⭐2.2
Adrienne Barbeau
Maggie
⭐4.9
Tom Atkins
Rehme
⭐2.6
Charles Cyphers
Secretary of State
⭐2.3
Genres
Science FictionAction
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