Cult futuristic action thriller, set in Manhattan that has become a maximum-security prison. When the US president is captured and held hostage by a ruthless gang after Air Force One crash lands in the no-go area, only one-eyed mercenary Snake Plissken is considered capable of effecting a rescue. And if he fails, he is programmed to self-destruct.
Escape From New York is a Film programme that first aired in 1981 and has been classified a 15 certificate.
