Escape from New York (1981)

Action, General Film, Guilty Pleasure, Sci-Fi

Director: John Carpenter

Writer(s): John Carpenter, Nick Castle

Starring: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, Joe Unger, Frank Doubleday, John Strobel, John Cothran, Garrett Bergfeld, Richard Cosentino, Robert John Metcalf, Joel Bennett, Vicangelo Bulluck, Clem Fox, Tobar Mayo, Nancy Stephens, Steven M. Gagnon, Steven Ford, Michael Taylor, Lonnie Wun, Dale E. House, David R. Patrick, Bob Minor, Wally Taylor, James O’Hagen, James Emery, Tom Lillard, Borah Silver, Tony Papenfuss, John Diehl, Carmen Filpi, George ‘Buck’ Flower, Clay Wright, Al Cerullo, Ox Baker, Lowmoan Spectacular, Ronald E. House, Alan Shearman, Joseph A. Perrotti, Rodger Bumpass, Ron Vernan, Carla Barnett, Kathleen Blanchard, John Carpenter, Nick Castle, John Contini, Jamie Lee Curtis, Linda Daniels, Mark Groseclose, David E. Harshbarger, Debra Hill, Jeff Sillifant, Mark Stern, Kelli Thompson, Ken Tipton, Barron Winchester

Synopsis: In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue.

Release Date: July 10, 1981 (USA) | Length: 99 min | Genre: Action, Sci-Fi | Certificate: R