Kurt Russell Snake Plissken Lee Van Cleef Police Commissioner Bob Hauk Ernest Borgnine Cabbie Donald Pleasence President of the United States Isaac Hayes The Duke of New York Season Hubley Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts Harry Dean Stanton Harold 'Brain' Helman Adrienne Barbeau Maggie Tom Atkins Rehme Charles Cyphers Secretary of State Frank Doubleday Romero George Buck Flower Drunk John Cothran, Jr. Gypsy #1 Nancy Stephens Stewardess Steven Ford Secret Service #2 John Carpenter Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player Jamie Lee Curtis Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (voice) (uncredited) Nick Castle Pianist (uncredited) Debra Hill Computer (voice) (uncredited) Ox Baker Slag Kurt Russell Snake Plissken Lee Van Cleef Police Commissioner Bob Hauk Ernest Borgnine Cabbie Donald Pleasence President of the United States Isaac Hayes The Duke of New York Season Hubley Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts Harry Dean Stanton Harold 'Brain' Helman Adrienne Barbeau Maggie Tom Atkins Rehme Charles Cyphers Secretary of State Frank Doubleday Romero George Buck Flower Drunk John Cothran, Jr. Gypsy #1 Nancy Stephens Stewardess Steven Ford Secret Service #2 John Carpenter Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player Jamie Lee Curtis Narrator / Prison Recording Voice (voice) (uncredited) Nick Castle Pianist (uncredited) Debra Hill Computer (voice) (uncredited) Ox Baker Slag