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What was Lee Van Cleef's role in Escape from New York?

  • Hauk

  • Snake Plissken

  • Cabbie

  • Brain

Answer

Hauk, played by Lee Van Cleef, is a ruthless mercenary in the film Escape from New York. He is hired by the government to capture Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell), a former soldier who has been imprisoned on the island of Manhattan, now a maximum-security prison. Hauk is a skilled tracker and a deadly fighter, and he poses a significant threat to Plissken's mission to rescue the President.
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