Top Billed 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
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
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Review 3DiscussionA review by Graviteer
Written by Graviteer on Sat Dec 06 2014
Media
Videos 11Backdrops 43Posters 160Recommendations
- 1996-08-09
Escape from L.A.59%
- 1986-05-30
Big Trouble in Little China72%
- 1988-11-04
They Live73%
- 1980-02-07
The Fog67%
- 1982-06-25
The Thing81%
- 1992-02-28
Memoirs of an Invisible Man59%
- 1974-03-30
Dark Star59%
- 2008-10-01
Religulous70%
- 1984-03-26
Blood Simple72%
- 1973-11-29
The Holy Mountain76%
- 1982-11-10
Creepshow69%
- 1991-05-23
Hudson Hawk57%
- 1982-04-02
Conan the Barbarian68%
- 2001-08-24
Ghosts of Mars51%
- 1984-04-13
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter61%
- 1981-07-13
Time Bandits66%
- 1979-02-01
The Warriors77%
- 1971-05-20
Escape from the Planet of the Apes64%
- 1978-10-24
Halloween76%
- 1987-10-23
Prince of Darkness68%
Facts
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
6000000.00
Revenue
50244700.00
Keywords
- new york city
- taxi
- martial arts
- street gang
- usa president
- war veteran
- kidnapping
- hostage
- liberation of prisoners
- gangster
- dystopia
- anti hero
- post-apocalyptic future
- wrestling
- villain
- attempt to escape
- rescue mission
- police operation
- cyberpunk
- urban setting
- reluctant hero