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.
Snake Plissken
Kurt Russell
Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
Lee Van Cleef
Cabbie
Ernest Borgnine
President of the United States
Donald Pleasence
The Duke of New York
Isaac Hayes
Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
Season Hubley
Harold 'Brain' Helman
Harry Dean Stanton
Maggie
Adrienne Barbeau
Rehme
Tom Atkins
Secretary of State
Charles Cyphers
Romero
Frank Doubleday
Cronenberg
John Strobel
Drunk
George Buck Flower
Gypsy #1
John Cothran
Stewardess
Nancy Stephens
Secret Service #2
Steven Ford
Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player
John Carpenter
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
Jamie Lee Curtis
Pianist
Nick Castle
Computer (voice)
Debra Hill
Slag
Ox Baker
Taylor
Joe Unger
Gypsy #2
Garrett Bergfeld
Controller
Wally Taylor
Dancer
Rodger Bumpass
Punk
John Diehl
Dancer
Ronald E. House