Release Date
📅
Original Release
May 23, 1981
1h 39m
Escape from New York (1981)
⭐ 7.099 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: 3.1
Cast
Kurt Russell
Snake Plissken
⭐7.1
Lee Van Cleef
Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
⭐3.5
Ernest Borgnine
Cabbie
⭐2.7
Donald Pleasence
President of the United States
⭐2.0
Isaac Hayes
The Duke of New York
⭐1.8
Season Hubley
Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
⭐0.6
Harry Dean Stanton
Harold 'Brain' Helman
⭐2.3
Adrienne Barbeau
Maggie
⭐2.0
Tom Atkins
Rehme
⭐1.2
Charles Cyphers
Secretary of State
⭐1.1
Genres
Science FictionActionThriller
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