Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, Germany, United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- new york city
- taxi
- martial arts
- street gang
- usa president
- war veteran
- kidnapping
- hostage
- liberation of prisoners
- gangster
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- John Carpenter
- Written
- John Carpenter, Nick Castle
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 3,630 ratings
- Studio
- AVCO Embassy Pictures, Goldcrest, International Film Investors, City Films, Taurus Film
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1981 · You’re hereEscape from New York
Where it starts.
Escape from L.A.
1996
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
