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Title: Soylent Green (1973)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Charlton Heston | ... | Detective Thorn | |
| Leigh Taylor-Young | ... | Shirl | |
| Chuck Connors | ... | Tab Fielding | |
| Joseph Cotten | ... | William R. Simonson | |
| Brock Peters | ... | Chief Hatcher | |
| Paula Kelly | ... | Martha | |
| Edward G. Robinson | ... | Sol Roth | |
| Stephen Young | ... | Gilbert | |
| Mike Henry | ... | Kulozik | |
| Lincoln Kilpatrick | ... | The Priest | |
| Roy Jenson | ... | Donovan | |
| Leonard Stone | ... | Charles | |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Gov. Santini | |
| Celia Lovsky | ... | The Exchange Leader | |
| Dick Van Patten | ... | Usher #1 | |
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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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I saw this in 1973 and listed it in my list of movies that I had seen and could not find. A very pleasant surprise that it was just shown on the Comet Network. One of Charleton Heston's best but certainly not his last best. A lot of people dismiss the work of this fine actor simply because his politics were not what they would call politically correct.
I really think we would all be better off if our celebrities would keep their politics to themselves unless they wish to run for office. This is certainly not a forum to discuss politics just like it is probably never a good idea to discuss politics in the work place today. We all have the right to our opinions and should respect the opinions of others and should not crowd those with whom we may disagree.
As for this fine movie, after 44 years, it still holds up well. I have read in places that there is an effort to remake it and that would be interesting. I certainly think it would be a good project for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Charleton Heston part since a lot of physical "grunt work" is not required. It was certainly a fine farewell performance part for Edward G. Robinson. Rest in peace all of you. Well done.