Donald Pleasence credited as playing...
President
- [last lines]
- President: Good evening. Although I shall not be present at this historic summit meeting, I present this in the hope that our great nations may learn to live in peace...
- [He plays a cassette, believing it to be the correct one about nuclear fusion. His smile drops when it instead plays "Bandstand Boogie"]
- President: I, uh, I want to thank you. Anything you want, you... you just name it.
- Snake Plissken: Just a moment of your time.
- President: Uh... yes?
- Snake Plissken: We did get you out. A lot of people died in the process. I just wondered how you felt about that.
- President: [cocky, distant tone] Well, I...
- [clears his throat]
- President: I wanna thank them, this nation appreciates their sacrifice.
- [Snake looks at him with disgust]
- President: Look, um, I'm on in, uh... two and a half minutes?
- [Snake throws his cigarette down and walks away]
- Snake Plissken: Hauk sent me in. We've gotta move fast.
- President: Move fast? You're goddamn right I'll move fast.