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In a desolate pocket of Los Angeles, Precinct 9, Division 13 is a ghost of a building. It is slated for closure, its phones disconnected and its staff whittled down to a skeleton crew of three: world-weary secretary Leigh, officer Julie, and Lieutenant Ethan Bishop, a man overseeing the station's final quiet hours. Assault on Precinct 13(1976)
When the sun rises and the LAPD finally arrives, the siege is over. As officers move in to re-handcuff the prisoners, Bishop stops them, insisting that Wilson be treated with respect for his role in the defense. The two men walk out of the decimated precinct together, the only ones left standing in the wreckage after a night of relentless conflict. Further information is available regarding: A comparison of this original to the 2005 remake. An analysis of the Western and Horror influences,
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