Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The Omega Man (1971)

Omega Man, The - (Original 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).

Omega Man, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) There's Never A Cop Around

Everything’s cool as Charlton Heston cruises downtown LA, which we soon realize is improbably vacant, Boris Sagal directing, in the second movie version of Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend, The Omega Man, 1971, co-starring Rosalind Cash and Anthony Zerbe.

Omega Man, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Honky Paradise

We’re learning details about Neville (Charlton Heston), who’s 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 Matheson’s novel I Am Legend.

Omega Man, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) The Very Foundations Of Civilization

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.