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Assault on Precinct 13

- A white-hot night of hate!

The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.

Release Date : 1976-10-08

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Overseas FilmGroupThe CKK Corporation

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13The Anderson AlamoThe Siege

Cast

Character Name : Ethan Bishop

Original Name : Austin Stoker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Napoleon Wilson

Original Name : Darwin Joston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Leigh

Original Name : Laurie Zimmer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lawson

Original Name : Martin West

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wells

Original Name : Tony Burton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Starker

Original Name : Charles Cyphers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Julie

Original Name : Nancy Kyes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ice Cream Man

Original Name : Peter Bruni

Gender : Male

Character Name : Warden

Original Name : John J. Fox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patrolman Tramer

Original Name : Marc Ross

Gender : Male

Character Name : Patrolman Baxter

Original Name : Alan Koss

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chaney

Original Name : Henry Brandon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kathy

Original Name : Kim Richards

Gender : Female

Character Name : White Warlord

Original Name : Frank Doubleday

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chicano Warlord

Original Name : Gilbert De la Pena

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caudell

Original Name : Peter Frankland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oriental Warlord

Original Name : Al Nakauchi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bus Driver

Original Name : Gilman Rankin

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Guard

Original Name : Cliff Battuello

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Guard

Original Name : Horace Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chicano Tough

Original Name : Valentine Villareal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oriental Tough

Original Name : Kenny Miyamoto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chicano Hood

Original Name : Jerry Viramontes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Black Hood

Original Name : Len Whitaker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gang Member

Original Name : Kris Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gang Member

Original Name : Randy Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gang Member

Original Name : Warren Bradley III

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gang Member

Original Name : Joe Woo Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gang Member

Original Name : Bill Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Radio Announcer (voice)

Original Name : Brent Keast

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Commissioner (voice)

Original Name : Maynard Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Precinct Captain

Original Name : James Jeter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gang Member (uncredited)

Original Name : John Carpenter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Black Warlord

Original Name : James Johnson

Gender : Male

Reviews

chris.tmdb

@chris.tmdb

2021-06-23

Awesome film one of my all time favorite movies Plus (Great soundtrack)

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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 of inhabitants within. Interestingly it's actually Precinct 9, Division 13, but Carpenter was no doubt in a playful mood. Carpenter builds the first half slowly, introducing key characters whilst deftly staging the events that will lead to the actual siege itself. This part of Los Angeles where the story is set is conspicuous by how empty and soulless it seems, even in daylight, which is where the terror actually begins. It's as if residents and locals just prefer to be off the streets at any time of day or night. The gang, like the folk inside the station, are multiracial, but unlike those inside the gang never speak. They move like silent assassins, no shouting or cussing, just a tidal wave of death, their guns adorned with silencers, which leads to a truly brilliant extended sequence as the gang begin to destroy the building silently! Meanwhile relationships are being formed by those under duress, convicts and police forced to battle side by side in the slightest hope of surviving the night. There is no flab on show here, no pointless dialogue or scenes which could have been cut, it's a film that is very much to the point. The cast respond well to Carpenter's requirements, be it emotionally, physically or coolly, all while Carpenter's low tone synthesiser plays out its memorably eerie beats. It's a superb lesson in low budget film making from one of the masters of that art. His filmic star may have waned in his later life, but for a time in the 70s and 80s he shone bright, Assault On Precinct 13 was the ignition. 10/10