Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film)
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.
US film poster
A mondo-poster designed by Tyler Stout in October 2011
John Howard Carpenter is an American filmmaker, composer, and actor. Most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s, he is generally recognized as a master of the horror genre. At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the French Directors' Guild gave him the Golden Coach Award and lauded him as "a creative genius of raw, fantastic, and spectacular emotions".
Carpenter in October 2023
Carpenter in September 2001
Carpenter performing live in October 2016
Carpenter with his son Cody Carpenter (middle) and musician Bruce Robb (right) in November 2005