• 
  John Carpenter

  regizor

• 
  John Carpenter

  scenarist
• 
  Nick Castle

  scenarist

• 
  Kurt Russell

  Snake Plissken
• 
  Lee Van Cleef

  Comisarul Bob Hauk
• 
  Ernest Borgnine

  Cabbie
• 
  Donald Pleasence

  Presedintele SUA
• 
  Isaac Hayes

  Ducele de New York

• 
  Season Hubley

  Fata
• 
  Bob Minor

  Duty Sergeant
• 
  Harry Dean Stanton

  Brain
• 
  Jamie Lee Curtis

  naratoare / computer (voce)
• 
  Charles Cyphers

  Secretary of State
• 
  George 'Buck' Flower

  om beat
• 
  John Diehl

  Punk

• 
  Nancy Stephens

  Stewardess
• 
  Carmen Filpi

  Bum
• 
  John Carpenter

  Secret Service #2/Helicopter Pilot/Violin Player
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  Debra Hill

  Computer
• 
  Adrienne Barbeau

  Maggie
• 
  Alan Shearman

  Dansator
• 
  Joe Unger

  Taylor
• 
  Al Cerullo

  Helicopter Pilot #4
• 
  Ron Vernan

  Dansator
• 
  John Cothran

  Gypsy #1
• 
  Steven Ford

  Secret Service #2
• 
  Tom Atkins

  Rehme
• 
  Garrett Bergfeld

  Gypsy #2
• 
  Frank Doubleday

  Romero
• 
  John Strobel

  Cronenberg

• 
  Tommy Sands (II)

  camera and electrical departme