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Escape from New York (1981)

UK:: 15 US:: R Action Science Fiction

In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict to rescue him.

Updated May 9 2020

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Runtime: 99 mins Revenue: $50,244,700 Budget: $6,000,000 Rating: 7.1 Tag Line: New York is a disease. Meet the cure. Homepage: Website

Cast

Lee Van Cleef

Police Commissioner Bob Hauk

Harry Dean Stanton

Harold 'Brain' Helman

Isaac Hayes

The Duke of New York

Kurt Russell

Snake Plissken

Ernest Borgnine

Cabbie

Donald Pleasence

President of the United States

John Cothran, Jr.

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Adrienne Barbeau

Maggie