Escape from New York

Escape from New York is a 1981 American independent science fiction action film co-written, co-scored, and directed by John Carpenter.

Directed by

• John Carpenter

Cast

• 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

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