A white-hot night of hate!
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.
ThrillerActionCrimestreet gangpoliceambushpsychopathchild murderblackoutsiegesurvivalshootoutgunfightlos angeles, californiabrutality
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Intimate, grave, plot-driven and bleak.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
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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
Crew
- John CarpenterDirector
- John CarpenterWriter
- Douglas KnappDirector of Photography
- John CarpenterOriginal Music Composer
- John CarpenterEditor
- J. Stein KaplanProducer
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