---
title: 'The Omen (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Donner'
released: '1976-06-06'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-omen-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075005/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Omen (1976)

1976 · 106 min · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · United Kingdom, United States

Part of: The Omen

## Synopsis

The Omen is a 1976 supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner and written by David Seltzer. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Spencer Stephens, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, and Leo McKern. The film's plot follows Damien Thorn, a young child replaced at birth by his father, unbeknownst to his wife, after their biological child dies shortly after birth. While a series of mysterious events and violent deaths occur around the family and Damien enters childhood, they come to understand he is in fact the prophesied Antichrist.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Harvey Bernhard](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-bernhard)
- **Director:** [Richard Donner](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-donner)
- **Screenplay:** [David Seltzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-seltzer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gilbert Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-taylor)
- **Editor:** [Stuart Baird](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-baird)

## Cast

- [Leo McKern](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-mckern)
- [Robert Riettii](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-riettii)
- [Nicholas Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-campbell)
- [Harvey Bernhard](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-bernhard)
- [Gregory Peck](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-peck) as Robert Thorn
- [Lee Remick](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-remick)
- [Bruce Boa](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-boa)
- [John Stride](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-stride)
- [David Warner](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-warner)
- [Freda Dowie](https://cinepixo.com/people/freda-dowie)
- [Billie Whitelaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/billie-whitelaw) as Mrs. Baylock
- [Martin Benson](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-benson)
- [Patrick Troughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-troughton)
- [Harvey Spencer Stephens](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-spencer-stephens) as Damien Thorn
- [Tommy Duggan](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-duggan)

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