Escape from New York

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

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

Director	John Carpenter
Producer	Barry Bernardi; Larry J. Franco
Writer	John Carpenter; Nick Castle

In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant max. security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue.