Omega Man, (1971)

The Omega Man is a 1971 American science fiction film directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston. It was written by John William Corrington and Joyce Corrington, based on the 1954 novel I Am Legend by the American writer Richard Matheson. The film's producer, Walter Seltzer, went on to work with Heston again in the dystopian science fiction film Soylent Green in 1973.^[2]

The Omega Man is the second adaptation of Matheson's novel, the first being The Last Man on Earth(1964) which starred Vincent Price. A third adaptation, I Am Legend starring Will Smith, was released in 2007.