Summary
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
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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
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Harold 'Brain' Helman
Adrienne Barbeau
Maggie
Tom Atkins
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Charles Cyphers
Secretary of State
Frank Doubleday
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George Buck Flower
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John Cothran
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Nancy Stephens
Stewardess
Steven Ford
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Jamie Lee Curtis
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Nick Castle
Pianist
Ox Baker
Slag
Joe Unger
Taylor
Garrett Bergfeld
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Controller
Rodger Bumpass
Dancer
John Diehl
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