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Alex Cox introduces another in the season of cult movies.
Escape from New York
A futuristic adventure from John Carpenter , starring Kurt Russell Lee Van Cleef
Donald Pleasance
The year is 1997 and the island of Manhattan has been turned into a maximum security prison. When the president is hijacked and taken there, Snake Plissken is called in to help.
●TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888 FILMS: pages 51-60
Moviedrome producer Nick Freand Jones

Contributors

Introduces:
Alex Cox
Unknown:
John Carpenter
Unknown:
Kurt Russell
Unknown:
Lee van Cleef
Unknown:
Donald Pleasance
Producer:
Nick Freand Jones
Snake Plissken:
Kurt Russell
Bob HauL:
Lee Vancleef
President:
Donald Pleasance
Duke:
Isaac Hayes
Maggie:
Adriennce Barbeau
Brain:
Harry Dean Stanton
Harold Helman:
Harry Dean Stanton
Source: Radio Times

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