Filmmakers
Above the lineJC
Director
John Carpenter
NC
Screenplay
Nick Castle
JC
Screenplay
John Carpenter
DC
Cinematography
Dean Cundey
Director of Photography
TR
Editing
Todd C. Ramsay
Editor
AH
Music
Alan Howarth
Original Music Composer
JC
Music
John Carpenter
Original Music Composer
JA
Production Design
Joe Alves
SL
Costume Design
Stephen Loomis
Cast
45KR
Kurt Russell
Snake Plissken
LC
Lee Van Cleef
Police Commissioner Bob Hauk
EB
Ernest Borgnine
Cabbie
DP
Donald Pleasence
President of the United States
IH
Isaac Hayes
The Duke of New York
SH
Season Hubley
Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
HS
Harry Dean Stanton
Harold 'Brain' Helman
AB
Adrienne Barbeau
Maggie
TA
Tom Atkins
Rehme
CC
Charles Cyphers
Secretary of State
FD
Frank Doubleday
Romero
JS
John Strobel
Cronenberg
GF
George Buck Flower
Drunk
JC
John Cothran
Gypsy #1
NS
Nancy Stephens
Stewardess
SF
Steven Ford
Secret Service #2
JC
John Carpenter
Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player
JC
Jamie Lee Curtis
Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (uncredited)
NC
Nick Castle
Pianist
DH
Debra Hill
Computer (voice)
OB
Ox Baker
Slag
JU
Joe Unger
Taylor
GB
Garrett Bergfeld
Gypsy #2
WT
Wally Taylor
Controller
RB
Rodger Bumpass
Dancer
JD
John Diehl
Punk
RH
Ronald E. House
Dancer
RC
Richard Cosentino
Gypsy Guard
JB
Joel Bennett
Gypsy #4
TM
Tobar Mayo
Third Indian
SG
Steven M. Gagnon
Secret Service #1
MT
Michael Taylor
Secret Service #3
LW
Lonnie Wun
Red Bandana Gypsy
DH
Dale E. House
Helicopter Pilot #1
BM
Bob Minor
Duty Sergeant
JO
James O'Hagen
Computer Operator
JE
James Emery
Trooper
TL
Tom Lillard
Police Sergeant
BS
Borah Silver
Theatre manager
TP
Tony Papenfuss
Theatre Assistant
CF
Carmen Filpi
Bum
CW
Clay Wright
Helicopter Pilot #3
AC
Al Cerullo
Helicopter Pilot #4
AS
Alan Shearman
Dancer
RV
Ron Vernan
Dancer
Departments
83Production
- Frank Capra IIIAssistant Location Manager
- Barry BernardiAssociate Producer
- Pegi BrotmanCasting
- Barry BernardiLocation Manager
- Debra HillProducer
- Larry FrancoProducer
- Alan LevineProduction Manager
Camera
- Jim LucasSecond Unit Director of Photography
Sound
- David RitscherAssistant Sound Editor
- Carl FischerBoom Operator
- Joseph F. BrennanBoom Operator
- Mark ManginiDialogue Editor
- Steve RiceDialogue Editor
- Nicholas JamesFoley Editor
- David Lewis YewdallSound Editor
- Warren Hamilton Jr.Sound Editor
- Alan HowarthSound Effects
- Thomas CauseySound Mixer
- Gregg LandakerSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Bill VarneySound Re-Recording Mixer
- Steve MaslowSound Re-Recording Mixer
Art
- Chris HornerAssistant Art Director
- Eugene BoothAssistant Property Master
- Marvin SalsbergConstruction Foreman
- Arthur GelbGraphic Designer
- Don SuttonLeadman
- Ed ZingelPainter
- Mike MayProperty Master
- Cloudia RebarSet Decoration
- Serge GenitempoStandby Painter
- Lee B. DrygasSwing
Costume & Make-Up
- Frankie BergmanHairstylist
- Benjamin DouglasMakeup Artist
- Ken ChaseMakeup Supervisor
Visual Effects
- Robert SkotakMatte Painter
- James CameronMatte Painter
- Jena HolmanMatte Painter
- Roy ArbogastSpecial Effects Supervisor
- John C. WashVisual Effects
Editing
- Randy D. ThorntonAssistant Editor
Crew
- Sol AquinoCarpenter
- Michael W. MoorePropmaker
- Joseph C. FamaPropmaker
- Andrew OverholtzerPropmaker
- Eddie SurkinSpecial Effects
- Kevin PikeSpecial Effects
- Brian BevisSpecial Effects
- Gary ZinkSpecial Effects
- Pat PattersonSpecial Effects
- Tony RandelSpecial Effects Coordinator
- Roy ArbogastSpecial Effects Coordinator
- Dick WarlockStunt Coordinator
- Jesse WayneStunt Double
- Mike H. McGaughyStunts
- Jesse WayneStunts
- John MoioStunts
- James WinburnStunts
- Buff BradyStunts
- Harvey ParryStunts
- Mike JohnsonStunts
- Roydon ClarkStunts
- Mags KavanaughStunts
- Fred LernerStunts
- Glory FioramontiStunts
- Bill HartStunts
- Kent HaysStunts
- Jack TyreeStunts
- Jack VerboisStunts
- George SawayaStunts
- George P. WilburStunts
- William T. LaneStunts
- Ted WhiteStunts
- Dick WarlockStunts
- Bob MinorStunts
- Eddie HiceStunts
- Loren JanesStunts
- Tony BrubakerStunts
- Sandra Lee GimpelStunts
- David CronenbergThanks
- James CameronVisual Effects Art Director
Directing
- Larry FrancoFirst Assistant Director
- Louise JaffeScript Supervisor
- Jeffrey ChernovSecond Assistant Director