The Omega Man

The Omega Man

1971 | 1h 38m | Science Fiction | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

In the aftermath of germ warfare, mutants roam the earth preying on the surviving humans. Only one man has the power to save the race from extinction--Charlton Heston--but can he survive the mutants' determination to destroy him?

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Boris Sagal

CAST

Charlton Heston

Anthony Zerbe

Rosalind Cash

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Paul Koslo

Eric Laneuville

PRODUCERS

Walter Seltzer

WRITERS

John Corrington

Joyce Corrington

Richard Matheson

Host Intros

01:45
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Omega Man (1971)
Intro Aired: Oct 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Omega Man, 1971.
01:27
Tiffany Vazquez Intro -- The Omega Man (1971)
Intro Aired: Sep 2017
TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces The Omega Man, 1971.
01:54
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Omega Man (1971)
Intro Aired: Dec 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Omega Man, 1971.

Related Videos

03:39
Omega Man, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Honky Paradise
Clip
Were learning details about Neville (Charlton Heston), whos killed some mutant nocturnal albino marauders, switched on his generator and now relaxes in his post-apocalypse Downtown L-A pad, while Mathias (Anthony Zerbe), leader of the bad guys, grumbles outside, early in The Omega Man, 1971, from Richard Mathesons novel I Am Legend.
04:00
Omega Man, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) There's Never A Cop Around
Clip
Everythings cool as Charlton Heston cruises downtown LA, which we soon realize is improbably vacant, Boris Sagal directing, in the second movie version of Richard Mathesons novel I Am Legend, The Omega Man, 1971, co-starring Rosalind Cash and Anthony Zerbe.
04:18
Omega Man, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) The Very Foundations Of Civilization
Clip
This is where we realize that Matthias (Anthony Zerbe), leader of the bloodthirsty nocturnal hooded cult that dominates post-apocalypse Los Angeles, is the news anchor we saw in an earlier flashback, plus backstory on their nemesis, the lone normal survivor, Charlton Heston as colonel and doctor Neville, in The Omega Man, 1971.
03:34
Omega Man, The - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
The only human survivor of a biological war fights to end a plague that has turned everybody else into monsters in The Omega Man (1971).

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