Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to strike back at police, and conduct a siege on the police station which is almost abandoned and due to be closed. Staff of the closing precinct and the criminals being held there while in transit must work together to fight off the attacking gang members.

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
  • Rating: (17,364 votes)
  • Taglines:L.A.'s deadliest street gang just declared war on the cops. » The gang swore a blood oath to destroy Precinct 13... and every cop in it! »
  • Runtime:91 minutes
  • Director: John Carpenter
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Ethan Bishop
    Austin Stoker
    Napoleon Wilson
    Darwin Joston
    Leigh
    Laurie Zimmer
    Lawson
    Martin West
    Wells
    Tony Burton
    Starker
    Charles Cyphers
    Julie (as Nancy Loomis)
    Nancy Kyes
    Ice Cream Man
    Peter Bruni
    Warden
    John J. Fox
    Patrolman Tramer
    Marc Ross
  • Genres:Action, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Steve Fine
    assistant producer  
    J. Stein Kaplan
    producer (as J.S. Kaplan) 
    Joseph Kaufman
    executive producer  
  • Plots: Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to strike back at police, and conduct a siege on the police station which is almost abandoned and due to be closed. Staff of the closing precinct and the criminals being held there while in transit must work together to fight off the attacking gang members. Written by Scott McKenna <smckenna@lcb.state.nv.us>
Assault on Precinct 13
  • User's comment:Excellent Low Budget Thriller by Theo Robertson

    ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 is a wonderful example of what can be achieved with a talented director on a very low budget. My only criticisms are the plothole of having the gangs hiding so they aren`t discovered by police patrol cars ( I thought that`s what the gangs would have wanted - a toe to toe war with " the pigs " ) , the ending which is something of an anti-climax but knowing the budget this is understandable . John Carpenters best film and his best score Dum dum dum du du dum , dum dah dah du du dum


  • Quotes: Wells: Look at that, two cops wishing me luck. I'm doomed. Napoleon Wilson: Can't argue with a confident man. Napoleon Wilson: In my situation, days are like women - each one's so damn precious, but they all end up leaving you.
  • Also known as: Napad na policijsku stanicu 13 (Croatia - DVD title), Napad na policijsku stanicu 13 (Serbia), A 13-as rendőrörs ostroma (Hungary), Asalto al presidio 13 (Peru - imdb display title), Asalto en la comisaría del distrito 13 (Spain), Assalto à 13ª DP (Brazil), Assalto à 13.ª Esquadra (Portugal), Assault - Anschlag bei Nacht (West Germany), Assaut (France), Atak na posterunek 13 (Poland), Attack mot polisstation 13 (Sweden), Attack på polisstation 13 (Sweden), Das Ende (West Germany), Distretto 13: le brigate della morte (Italy), Epithesi sto stathmo 13 (Greece - video title), Hyökkäys poliisiasemalle (Finland), John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 ( - undefined), Masacre en la crujía 13 (Mexico - imdb display title), Napad na policijsko postajo (Slovenia - imdb display title), O stathmos 13 dehetai epithesi (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Sidste nat på station 13 (Denmark), The Anderson Alamo (USA - working title), The Siege (USA - working title), Trovão das Ruas (Brazil),

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