
Escape from New York
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.
Escape from New York
May 23, 1981
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Cast (27)

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)

Ox Baker
Slag

Joe Unger
Taylor

Garrett Bergfeld
Gypsy #2

Wally Taylor
Controller

Rodger Bumpass
Dancer

John Diehl
Punk

Ronald E. House
Dancer
Crew (86)
Directing

John Carpenter
Director

Larry Franco
First Assistant Director

Jeffrey Chernov
Second Assistant Director
Writing

John Carpenter
Screenplay

Nick Castle
Screenplay
Production

Barry Bernardi
Associate Producer

Larry Franco
Producer

Alan Levine
Production Manager

Debra Hill
Producer
Sound

Mark Mangini
Dialogue Editor

Alan Howarth
Sound Effects

Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer

Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer

John Carpenter
Original Music Composer

Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Editor

David Ritscher
Assistant Sound Editor

Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joseph F. Brennan
Boom Operator

Nicholas James
Foley Editor

Carl Fischer
Boom Operator

Steve Rice
Dialogue Editor

David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Editor
Art

Joe Alves
Production Design

Marvin Salsberg
Construction Foreman

Don Sutton
Leadman

Arthur Gelb
Graphic Designer

Cloudia Rebar
Set Decoration

Eugene Booth
Assistant Property Master

Mike May
Property Master

Ed Zingel
Painter

Serge Genitempo
Standby Painter

Lee B. Drygas
Swing

Chris Horner
Assistant Art Director
Camera

Dean Cundey
Director of Photography

Jim Lucas
Second Unit Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Ken Chase
Makeup Supervisor

Stephen Loomis
Costume Design

Frankie Bergman
Hairstylist

Benjamin Douglas
Makeup Artist
Crew

Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator

Dick Warlock
Stunts

Tony Brubaker
Stunts

Tony Randel
Special Effects Coordinator

Harvey Parry
Stunts

Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunts

Bob Minor
Stunts

James Cameron
Visual Effects Art Director

Eddie Hice
Stunts

George Sawaya
Stunts

Loren Janes
Stunts

Mike H. McGaughy
Stunts

Eddie Surkin
Special Effects

Bill Hart
Stunts

Mike Johnson
Stunts

Roydon Clark
Stunts

Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Coordinator

Glory Fioramonti
Stunts

David Cronenberg
Thanks

John Moio
Stunts

Kent Hays
Stunts

Kevin Pike
Special Effects

James Winburn
Stunts

Michael W. Moore
Propmaker

Gary Zink
Special Effects

Joseph C. Fama
Propmaker

Fred Lerner
Stunts

Buff Brady
Stunts

Jack Tyree
Stunts

Sol Aquino
Carpenter

William T. Lane
Stunts

Jesse Wayne
Stunts

Pat Patterson
Special Effects

Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double

Mags Kavanaugh
Stunts

Brian Bevis
Special Effects

Ted White
Stunts

Jack Verbois
Stunts

George P. Wilbur
Stunts
Editing

Todd C. Ramsay
Editor
Lighting
No data availableVisual Effects

James Cameron
Matte Painter

Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Supervisor

John C. Wash
Visual Effects

Jena Holman
Matte Painter

Robert Skotak
Matte Painter