Escape from New York

  • Theatrical - Wide 1981-07-10
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In the future, crime is out of control and New York City is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President’s plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed... See more lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables.

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