In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
| Writing | John Carpenter | Screenplay |
| Sound | John Carpenter | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Debra Hill | Producer |
| Art | Joe Alves | Production Design |
| Sound | Alan Howarth | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephen Loomis | Costume Design |
| Writing | Nick Castle | Screenplay |
| Production | Larry Franco | Producer |
| Editing | Todd C. Ramsay | Editor |
| Camera | Dean Cundey | Director of Photography |
| Art | Cloudia Rebar | Set Decoration |
| Directing | John Carpenter | Director |
| Crew | James Cameron | Visual Effects Art Director |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Mike Johnson | Stunts |
| Crew | Tony Randel | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Production | Barry Bernardi | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jake Eberts | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Jim Lucas | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frankie Bergman | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ken Chase | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Benjamin Douglas | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Alan Levine | Production Manager |
| Directing | Jeffrey Chernov | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Larry Franco | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Eugene Booth | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Lee B. Drygas | Swing |
| Crew | Joseph C. Fama | Propmaker |
| Art | Arthur Gelb | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Serge Genitempo | Standby Painter |
| Art | Chris Horner | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Mike May | Property Master |
| Art | Marvin Salsberg | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Don Sutton | Leadman |
| Art | Ed Zingel | Painter |
| Crew | Sol Aquino | Carpenter |
| Crew | Michael W. Moore | Propmaker |
| Sound | Joseph F. Brennan | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Thomas Causey | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Carl Fischer | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Warren Hamilton Jr. | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Gregg Landaker | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | David Ritscher | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bill Varney | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | David Lewis Yewdall | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Nicholas James | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Mark A. Mangini | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Steve Rice | Dialogue Editor |
| Visual Effects | Roy Arbogast | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Pat Patterson | Special Effects |
| Crew | Eddie Surkin | Special Effects |
| Crew | Gary Zink | Special Effects |
| Crew | Brian Bevis | Special Effects |
| Crew | Kevin Pike | Special Effects |
| Crew | David Cronenberg | Thanks |
| Crew | James Winburn | Stunts |
| Crew | Eddie Hice | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Minor | Stunts |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Crew | Sandra Lee Gimpel | Stunts |
| Crew | Roydon Clark | Stunts |
| Crew | Buff Brady | Stunts |
| Crew | Glory Fioramonti | Stunts |
| Crew | Bill Hart | Stunts |
| Crew | Kent Hays | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Lerner | Stunts |
| Crew | Mags Kavanaugh | Stunts |
| Crew | William T. Lane | Stunts |
| Crew | Mike H. McGaughy | Stunts |
| Crew | John Moio | Stunts |
| Crew | Harvey Parry | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Tyree | Stunts |
| Crew | George Sawaya | Stunts |
| Crew | Jesse Wayne | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Ted White | Stunts |
| Crew | George P. Wilbur | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack Verbois | Stunts |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunts |
| Crew | Jesse Wayne | Stunts |
| Crew | Roy Arbogast | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | James Cameron | Matte Painter |
| Visual Effects | Jena Holman | Matte Painter |
| Visual Effects | Robert Skotak | Matte Painter |
| Visual Effects | John C. Wash | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Alan Howarth | Sound Effects |
| Crew | Andrew Overholtzer | Propmaker |
