Escape from New York (1981)

Call Me Snake

Hauk (Lee Van Cleef) offers Snake (Kurt Russell) a pardon for the crimes he’s been convicted of if he does one thing — find the President.

Directed by John Carpenter.

© MGM 2012

Released in 1981 by MGM.

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