Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Austin Stoker
Ethan Bishop
Darwin Joston
Napoleon Wilson
Laurie Zimmer
Leigh
Martin West
Lawson
Tony Burton
Wells
Charles Cyphers
Starker
Nancy Kyes
Julie
Peter Bruni
Ice Cream Man
John J. Fox
Warden
Marc Ross
Patrolman Tramer
Alan Koss
Patrolman Baxter
Henry Brandon
Chaney
Kim Richards
Kathy
Frank Doubleday
White Warlord
Gilbert De la Pena
Chicano Warlord
Peter Frankland
Caudell
Al Nakauchi
Oriental Warlord
Gilman Rankin
Bus Driver
Cliff Battuello
First Guard
Horace Johnson
Second Guard
Valentine Villareal
Chicano Tough
Kenny Miyamoto
Oriental Tough
Jerry Viramontes
Chicano Hood
Len Whitaker
Black Hood
Kris Young
Gang Member
Randy Moore
Gang Member / Production Assistant
Warren Bradley III
Gang Member
Joe Woo Jr.
Gang Member
Bill Taylor
Gang Member
Brent Keast
Radio Announcer (voice)
Maynard Smith
Police Commissioner (voice)
James Jeter
Precinct Captain
John Carpenter
Gang Member (uncredited) / Director / Writer / Editor / Original Music Composer
James Johnson
Black Warlord
J. Stein Kaplan
Producer
Douglas Knapp
Director of Photography
Joseph Kaufmann
Executive Producer
Tommy Lee Wallace
Art Direction / Sound Effects
Don Bledsoe
Makeup Artist
Debra Hill
Script Supervisor / Assistant Editor
William Waldman
Assistant Camera
Douglas Olivares
Assistant Camera
Jack English
Gaffer
William Mareneck
Best Boy Electrician
Michael Everett
Best Boy Electrician
Kurt Young
Key Grip
Trippy Gafford
Grip / Driver
William Cooper
Sound Recordist
Alan Cassidy
Boom Operator
Richard Albain Jr.
Special Effects
Rena Small
Still Photographer
Maxine Syrjamaki
Payroll Accountant
Steve Fine
Producer's Assistant
Louise Kyes
Wardrobe Master
Craig Stearns
Property Master
Curt Schulkey
Assistant Editor
Marla Miller
Production Assistant
Blake Schaefer
Production Assistant
Jocelyne Stoikovitch
Production Assistant
Tom Hansen
Production Assistant
John Syrjamaki
Production Manager
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Girod
Set Painter
John Roy Rogers
Stunt Driver
Rueben Joe Melendez
Stunt Driver
James Nichols
Post Production Supervisor / Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 8, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 31m
Content RatingR
Budget$150,000
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Wiki.
Assault on Precinct 13 is a 1976 American action thriller film written, directed, scored, and edited by John Carpenter. It features Austin Stoker as a police officer who defends a defunct precinct against a relentless criminal gang, and Darwin Joston as a death row-bound convict who assists him. Laurie Zimmer, Tony Burton, Martin West, and Nancy Kyes co-star as other defenders of the precinct.Carpenter was approached by producer J. Stein Kaplan to make a low-budget exploitation film for under $100,000, on the condition that Carpenter would have total creative control. Carpenter's script, originally titled The Anderson Alamo, was inspired by the Howard Hawks Western film Rio Bravo and the George A. Romero horror film Night of the Living Dead. Despite controversy with the MPAA over a scene involving the violent killing of a young girl, the film received an R rating and opened in the United States on November 5, 1976.
Assault on Precinct 13 was initially met with mixed reviews and unimpressive box-office returns in the United States, but when the film premiered in the 1977 London Film Festival, it received an ecstatic review by festival director Ken Wlaschin that led to critical acclaim first in Britain and then throughout Europe. It has garnered a cult following and reappraisal from critics, with many evaluating the film as one of the best action films of its era and of Carpenter's career. A remake was released in 2005, directed by Jean-François Richet and starring Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne.