Assault on Precinct 13

Downtown L.A., dead of winter. A snowplow scrapes asphalt outside a boarded-up police station. A highway cop, two convicts on parole, and the last clerk inside. Night arrives with headlights and shouted threats. Carpenter’s siege movie moves like a camera on wheels.

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John Carpenter directed Assault on Precinct 13 in 1976. See John Carpenter's full filmography, where to start with John Carpenter, or where to go after you've seen everything by John Carpenter.

Assault on Precinct 13 was released in 1976 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 91 minutes.