The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 378 1970s thriller movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic89/100
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
1,256 audience votes
Key crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- John CarpenterWriter
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Austin StokerEthan Bishop
- Darwin JostonNapoleon Wilson
- Laurie ZimmerLeigh
- Martin WestLawson
- Tony BurtonWells
- Charles CyphersStarker
- Nancy KyesJulie
- Peter BruniIce Cream Man
- John J. FoxWarden
- Marc RossPatrolman Tramer
- Alan KossPatrolman Baxter
- Henry BrandonChaney
Stills
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Themes
street gangpoliceambushpsychopathchild murderblackoutsiegesurvivalshootoutgunfightlos angeles, californiabrutality
The Best Movies of 1976
Assault on Precinct 13 is #9 of 60
