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Escape from New York

Escape from New York (1981)Cast and Crew

Movie"1997. New York City is a walled maximum security prison. Breaking out is impossible. Breaking in is insane."

Cast

K
Kurt Russell
as Snake Plissken
L
Lee Van Cleef
as Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
E
Ernest Borgnine
as Cabbie
D
Donald Pleasence
as President of the United States
I
Isaac Hayes
as The Duke of New York
S
Season Hubley
as Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
H
Harry Dean Stanton
as Harold 'Brain' Helman
A
Adrienne Barbeau
as Maggie
T
Tom Atkins
as Rehme
C
Charles Cyphers
as Secretary of State
F
Frank Doubleday
as Romero
J
John Strobel
as Cronenberg
G
George Buck Flower
as Drunk
J
John Cothran
as Gypsy #1
N
Nancy Stephens
as Stewardess
S
Steven Ford
as Secret Service #2
J
John Carpenter
as Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player
J
Jamie Lee Curtis
as Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
N
Nick Castle
as Pianist
D
Debra Hill
as Computer (voice)
O
Ox Baker
as Slag
J
Joe Unger
as Taylor
G
Garrett Bergfeld
as Gypsy #2
W
Wally Taylor
as Controller
R
Rodger Bumpass
as Dancer
J
John Diehl
as Punk

Crew

N
Nick Castle
Screenplay
L
Larry Franco
Producer
D
Debra Hill
Producer
A
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
T
Todd C. Ramsay
Editor
J
Joe Alves
Production Design
C
Cloudia Rebar
Set Decoration
S
Stephen Loomis
Costume Design
D
Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
J
John Carpenter
Director
J
John Carpenter
Original Music Composer
J
John Carpenter
Screenplay
B
Barry Bernardi
Associate Producer
J
Jake Eberts
Executive Producer
J
Jim Lucas
Second Unit Director of Photography
F
Frankie Bergman
Hairstylist
K
Ken Chase
Makeup Supervisor
B
Benjamin Douglas
Makeup Artist
A
Alan Levine
Production Manager
J
Jeffrey Chernov
Second Assistant Director
L
Larry Franco
First Assistant Director
E
Eugene Booth
Assistant Property Master
L
Lee B. Drygas
Swing
J
Joseph C. Fama
Propmaker
A
Arthur Gelb
Graphic Designer
S
Serge Genitempo
Standby Painter
C
Chris Horner
Assistant Art Director
M
Mike May
Property Master
M
Marvin Salsberg
Construction Foreman
D
Don Sutton
Leadman
E
Ed Zingel
Painter
S
Sol Aquino
Carpenter
M
Michael W. Moore
Propmaker
J
Joseph F. Brennan
Boom Operator
T
Thomas Causey
Sound Mixer
C
Carl Fischer
Boom Operator
W
Warren Hamilton Jr.
Sound Editor
G
Gregg Landaker
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
S
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
D
David Ritscher
Assistant Sound Editor
B
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
D
David Lewis Yewdall
Sound Editor
N
Nicholas James
Foley Editor
M
Mark Mangini
Dialogue Editor
S
Steve Rice
Dialogue Editor
R
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Supervisor
P
Pat Patterson
Special Effects
E
Eddie Surkin
Special Effects
G
Gary Zink
Special Effects
B
Brian Bevis
Special Effects
K
Kevin Pike
Special Effects
M
Mike Johnson
Stunts
D
David Cronenberg
Thanks
R
Roydon Clark
Stunts
B
Buff Brady
Stunts
G
Glory Fioramonti
Stunts
B
Bill Hart
Stunts
K
Kent Hays
Stunts
F
Fred Lerner
Stunts
M
Mags Kavanaugh
Stunts
W
William T. Lane
Stunts
M
Mike H. McGaughy
Stunts
J
John Moio
Stunts
H
Harvey Parry
Stunts
J
Jack Tyree
Stunts
G
George Sawaya
Stunts
J
Jesse Wayne
Stunt Double
T
Ted White
Stunts
G
George P. Wilbur
Stunts
J
Jack Verbois
Stunts
T
Tony Randel
Special Effects Coordinator
J
James Winburn
Stunts
D
Dick Warlock
Stunts
J
Jesse Wayne
Stunts
R
Roy Arbogast
Special Effects Coordinator
J
James Cameron
Matte Painter
J
Jena Holman
Matte Painter
R
Robert Skotak
Matte Painter
J
John C. Wash
Visual Effects
A
Alan Howarth
Sound Effects
B
Bob Minor
Stunts
E
Eddie Hice
Stunts
L
Loren Janes
Stunts
A
Andrew Overholtzer
Propmaker
T
Tony Brubaker
Stunts
S
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Stunts
J
James Cameron
Visual Effects Art Director
D
Dick Warlock
Stunt Coordinator

Escape From ... Collection

A John Carpenter action film series following the main protagonist Snake Plissken, a former Special Forces operative turned criminal who is called upon to breach dangerous environments for search-and-rescue missions of the utmost priority.