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Soylent Green

Director: Richard Fleischer
Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg, Harry Harrison
Producer: Walter Seltzer, Russell Thacher
Theatrical: 1973
Rated: PG
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Duration: 97
Media: Digital
Collection ID: 1475
DVD Details
Languages: English, Spanish
Sound: Mono
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Credits
Detective Thorn
Charlton Heston
Shirl
Leigh Taylor-Young
Tab Fielding
Chuck Connors
William R. Simonson
Joseph Cotten
Chief Hatcher
Brock Peters
Martha
Paula Kelly
Sol Roth
Edward G. Robinson
Gilbert
Stephen Young
Kulozik
Mike Henry
The Priest
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Donovan
Roy Jenson
Charles
Leonard Stone
Gov. Santini
Whit Bissell
The Exchange Leader
Celia Lovsky
Usher #1
Dick Van Patten
Book #1
Morgan Farley
Book #2
John Barclay
Book #3
Belle Mitchell
Book #4
Cyril Delevanti
Attendant
Forrest Wood
Attendant
Faith Quabius
Mrs. Santini
Jane Dulo
Brady
Tim Herbert
Wagner
John Dennis
Bandana Woman
Jan Bradley
New Tenant
Carlos Romero
Fat Guard
Pat Houtchens
The Furniture Girls
Joyce Williams
The Furniture Girls
Erica Hagen
The Furniture Girls
Beverly Gill
The Furniture Girls
Suesie Eejima
The Furniture Girls
Cheri Howell
The Furniture Girls
Kathy Silva
The Furniture Girls
Jennifer King
The Furniture Girls
Marion Charles
Shoe Seller (uncredited)
Robert Ito
Street Vendor
Nora Marlowe
Music
Fred Myrow
Director of Photography
Richard H. Kline
Editor
Samuel E. Beetley
Casting
Jack Baur
Costume Design
Pat Barto
Summary
In 2022, Earth is overpopulated and totally polluted; the natural resources have been exhausted and the nourishment of the population is provided by Soylent Industries, a company that makes a food consisting of plankton from the oceans. In New York City, when Soylent's member of the board William R. Simonson is murdered apparently by a burglar at the Chelsea Towers West where he lives, efficient Detective Thorn is assigned to investigate the case with his partner Solomon "Sol" Roth. Thorn comes to the fancy apartment and meets Simonson's bodyguard Tab Fielding and the "furniture" (woman that is rented together with the flat) Shirl and the detective concludes that the executive was not victim of burglary but executed. Further, he finds that the Governor Santini and other powerful men want to disrupt and end Thorn's investigation. But Thorn continues his work and discovers a bizarre and disturbing secret of the ingredient used to manufacture Soylent Green.