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Awesome film one of my all time favorite movies Plus (Great soundtrack)
Assault on Precinct 13
- Thriller
- Action
- Crime
10/8/1976
91
R
A white-hot night of hate!
The skeleton staff of a police station, in a deserted neighborhood, that is closing down the next day are under attack all night by the overwhelming numbers of a relentless street gang bent on revenge.
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- Budget:
- $150,000
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Cast
Austin StokerEthan Bishop- Darwin JostonNapoleon Wilson
Laurie ZimmerLeigh- Martin WestLawson
- Tony BurtonWells
- Charles CyphersStarker
- Nancy KyesJulie
- Peter BruniIce Cream Man
- John J. FoxWarden
Marc RossPatrolman Tramer- Alan KossPatrolman Baxter
- Henry BrandonChaney
- Kim RichardsKathy
- Frank DoubledayWhite Warlord
- Gilbert De la PenaChicano Warlord
- Peter FranklandCaudell
Reviews
John Chard
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 veneer of the hero characters, the frightening relentlessness of the gang members who assault the soon to close down police station and the small number...