Escape from L.A.

Escape from L.A.
1996ActionAdventureScience Fiction101 mins
★★★★★

Plot

Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.

  • John Carpenter

    Director

  • John Carpenter

    Screenplay

  • Debra Hill

    Screenplay

  • Kurt Russell

    Screenplay

  • John Carpenter

    Characters

  • Nick Castle

    Characters

  • Gary B. Kibbe

    Director of Photography

  • Edward A. Warschilka

    Editor

  • Kurt Russell

    Snake Plissken

  • Stacy Keach

    Malloy

  • Steve Buscemi

    Eddie

  • A.J. Langer

    Utopia

  • Bruce Campbell

    Surgeon General of Beverly Hills

  • Pam Grier

    Hershe Las Palamas

  • Peter Fonda

    Pipeline

  • Georges Corraface

    Cuervo Jones

  • Robert Carradine

    Skinhead

  • Michelle Forbes

    Brazen

  • Valeria Golino

    Taslima

  • Leland Orser

    Test Tube

  • Jeff Imada

    Saigon Shadow

  • Al Leong

    Hershe Gang Member

  • James Lew

    Hershe Gang Member

  • Breckin Meyer

    Surfer

  • Ina Romeo

    Hooker

  • Peter Jason

    Duty Sergeant

  • Jordan Baker

    Police Anchor

  • Caroleen Feeney

    Woman on Freeway

  • Paul Bartel

    Congressman

  • Shelly Desai

    Cloaked Figure

  • Julien Cesario

    Mescalito (uncredited)

  • Cliff Robertson

    President

  • Thomas Rosales Jr.

    Gang Member (uncredited)

  • John Koyama

    Hershe Gang Member (uncredited)

  • Leo Lee

    Hershe Gang Member (uncredited)

  • Stuart Quan

    Hershe Gang Member (uncredited)

  • Wyatt Russell

    Orphan Boy (uncredited)

  • Jamie Lee Curtis

    Female Narrator (uncredited)

    • Runtime

    101 minutes

    Released

    1996-08-09

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Paramount Pictures

    Rysher Entertainment

    Sound

  • John Carpenter

    Original Music Composer

  • Shirley Walker

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    33 days ago

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