Overview: In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

Vote Average: 7.07

Genres: Action, Science Fiction

Production Companies: AVCO Embassy Pictures , Goldcrest , International Film Investors , City Films

Cast: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, View more Season Hubley, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, Frank Doubleday, John Strobel, George Buck Flower, John Cothran, Nancy Stephens, Steven Ford, John Carpenter, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nick Castle, Debra Hill, Ox Baker, Joe Unger, Garrett Bergfeld, Wally Taylor

Crew: Mark A. Mangini , Larry J. Franco , Larry J. Franco , David Cronenberg , Dean Cundey View more , Todd C. Ramsay , Debra Hill , Jake Eberts , James Cameron , James Cameron , Harvey Parry , Joe Alves , Roy Arbogast , Roy Arbogast , John Carpenter , John Carpenter , John Carpenter , Barry Bernardi , Stephen Loomis , Nick Castle , Mike H. McGaughy , James Winburn , Tony Brubaker , Ken Chase , Dick Warlock , Dick Warlock , Alan Howarth , Alan Howarth , Jim Lucas , Cloudia Rebar , John C. Wash , Jeffrey Chernov , Tony Randel , Bill Varney , George P. Wilbur , Joseph F. Brennan , Gary Zink , George Sawaya , Robert Skotak , Joseph C. Fama , Glory Fioramonti , Eddie Hice , Bob Minor , Bill Hart , Buff Brady , Jack Verbois , Ted White , Alan Levine , Kevin Pike , Steve Maslow , Loren Janes , Eddie Surkin , Nicholas James , Warren Hamilton Jr. , Gregg Landaker , Carl Fischer , David Lewis Yewdall , Marvin Salsberg , Lee B. Drygas , Steve Rice , Kent Hays , Roydon Clark , Sandra Lee Gimpel , John Moio , Thomas Causey , Jesse Wayne , Jesse Wayne , Fred Lerner , Serge Genitempo , Mike Johnson , Jack Tyree , Frankie Bergman , Pat Patterson , Arthur Gelb , Eugene Booth , Jena Holman , William T. Lane , Benjamin Douglas , Chris Horner , Mike May , Don Sutton , Ed Zingel , Sol Aquino , Michael W. Moore , David Ritscher , Brian Bevis Mags Kavanaugh