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Escape from New York

(1981) R 99min.
Action, Crime and Mystery, Thriller
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The year is 1997. Manhattan Island is now a heavily guarded maximum-security prison, where the scum of the earth have converged. When Air Force One crash-lands in Manhattan, the president (Donald Pleasence) is held hostage by its denizens. Read More
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Snake Plissken
Bob Hauk
Cabbie
President of the United States
The Duke of New York
Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
Brain
Maggie
Rehme
Secretary of State

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