1981 · 1h 39m · R
1997. New York City is a walled, maximum security prison. Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane.
In a dystopian 1997, a soldier-turned-bank robber is tasked with rescuing the U.S. President after he crashes into Manhattan, which has been turned into a giant maximum security prison.
In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables.
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
George Buck Flower
Drunk
John Cothran
Gypsy #1
Nancy Stephens
Stewardess
Steven Ford
Secret Service #2
John Carpenter
Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player
Jamie Lee Curtis
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Nick Castle
Pianist
Debra Hill
Computer (voice)
Joe Unger
Taylor
Garrett Bergfeld
Gypsy #2
Wally Taylor
Controller
Rodger Bumpass
Dancer
John Diehl
Punk
Ronald E. House
Dancer
Joel Bennett
Gypsy #4
Tobar Mayo
Third Indian
Steven M. Gagnon
Secret Service #1
Michael Taylor
Secret Service #3
Bob Minor
Duty Sergeant
James O'Hagen
Computer Operator
James Emery
Trooper
Tom Lillard
Police Sergeant
Borah Silver
Theatre manager
Tony Papenfuss
Theatre Assistant
Carmen Filpi
Bum
Clay Wright
Helicopter Pilot #3
Al Cerullo
Helicopter Pilot #4
Alan Shearman
Dancer
Ron Vernan
Dancer