Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

R10/08/1976Thriller, Action, Crime1h 31m

A white-hot night of hate!

Overview

A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Austin Stoker

    Ethan Bishop

  2. Cast 1

    Darwin Joston

    Napoleon Wilson

  3. Cast 1

    Laurie Zimmer

    Leigh

  4. Cast 1

    Martin West

    Lawson

  5. Cast 1

    Tony Burton

    Wells

  6. Cast 1

    Charles Cyphers

    Starker

  7. Cast 1

    Nancy Kyes

    Julie

  8. Peter Bruni

    Ice Cream Man

  9. John J. Fox

    Warden

There are no heroes anymore, Bishop. Just men who follow orders. Assault on Precinct 13 is written, directed, edited and musically scored by John Carpenter. It stars Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers and Nancy Kyes. Cinematography is by Douglas Knapp. If you are going to homage films that you love, or ones that influence you, then you have to get it right. Something John Carpenter most assuredly did with this, his first masterpiece. Plot and structure of film are simplicity extreme, but it's the execution that matters here, the cool ve...