Movie
Escape from L.A.
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1996-08-09
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Genres
- Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Rysher Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken
- Stacy Keach as Malloy
- Steve Buscemi as Eddie
- A. J. Langer as Utopia
- Cliff Robertson as President
- Bruce Campbell as Surgeon General of Beverly Hills
- Pam Grier as Hershe Las Palamas
- Peter Fonda as Pipeline
- Georges Corraface as Cuervo Jones
- Robert Carradine as Skinhead
- Michelle Forbes as Brazen
- Valeria Golino as Taslima
Crew
- John Carpenter - Director
- Debra Hill - Screenplay
- Kurt Russell - Screenplay
- John Carpenter - Screenplay
- John Carpenter - Characters
- Nick Castle - Characters
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