---
title: 'The Relic (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Hyams'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-relic-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120004/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Relic (1997)

1997 · 110 min · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · United States


## Synopsis

The Relic is a 1997 American monster-horror film directed by Peter Hyams and based on the best-selling 1995 novel Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The film stars Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, James Whitmore, and Brian Steele in his feature film debut. In the film, a detective and a biologist try to defeat a South American monstrous reptilian creature which is on a killing spree in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Hyams](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-hyams)
- **Screenplay:** [Douglas Preston](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-preston), [Lincoln Child](https://cinepixo.com/people/lincoln-child), [Amy Holden Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-holden-jones), [Amanda Silver](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-silver), [Rick Jaffa](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-jaffa)
- **Producer:** [Gale Anne Hurd](https://cinepixo.com/people/gale-anne-hurd), [Sam Mercer](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-mercer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Peter Hyams](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-hyams)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Debney](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-debney)
- **Editor:** [Steven Kemper](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-kemper)

## Cast

- [Penelope Ann Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/penelope-ann-miller)
- [Tom Sizemore](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-sizemore) as Vincent D'Agosta
- [Clayton Rohner](https://cinepixo.com/people/clayton-rohner)
- [Gene Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-davis)
- [Francis X. McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-x-mccarthy)
- [James Whitmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-whitmore)
- [Aaron Lustig](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaron-lustig)
- [Robert Lesser](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-lesser)
- [Eddie Jemison](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-jemison)
- [Linda Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-hunt)
- [Donald Patrick Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-patrick-harvey)
- [Audra Lindley](https://cinepixo.com/people/audra-lindley)
- [Constance Towers](https://cinepixo.com/people/constance-towers)
- [John Kapelos](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-kapelos)
- [David Proval](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-proval)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-relic-1997
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