Movie
Assault on Precinct 13
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1976-10-08
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Action, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Overseas FilmGroup, The CKK Corporation
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Austin Stoker as Ethan Bishop
- Darwin Joston as Napoleon Wilson
- Laurie Zimmer as Leigh
- Martin West as Lawson
- Tony Burton as Wells
- Charles Cyphers as Starker
- Nancy Kyes as Julie
- Peter Bruni as Ice Cream Man
- John J. Fox as Warden
- Marc Ross as Patrolman Tramer
- Alan Koss as Patrolman Baxter
- Henry Brandon as Chaney
Crew
- John Carpenter - Director
- John Carpenter - Writer
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