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Soylent Green (Original title)
Date: 1973 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: Richard Fleischer

Production company billing: ©1973. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. [end] a Russell Thacher-Walter Seltzer production presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Synopsis: New York City, 2022: The over populated and polluted city exists on food called Soylent Green. Only the rich can afford real food. When a cop investigates the murder of a member of the Board of the Soylent Co., he finds out to his misfortune what goes into the making of Soylent Green...

Genres:
Police drama, Science Fiction
Releases
Date: 19 April 1973Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - SoundRuntime: 97 mins Language: English
Date: June 1973Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - SoundRuntime: 97 mins Length: 8709 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Language: English
Date: 1995Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Language: English

Credits (36)
©: Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a Russell Thacher-Walter Seltzer production: Russell Thacher, Walter Seltzer, Produced by: Walter Seltzer, Russell Thacher, Unit Production Manager: Lloyd Anderson, Assistant Director: Daniel S. Mccauley, 2nd Assistant Director: Gene Marum, Casting: Jack Baur, Screenplay by: Stanley R. Greenberg, Based upon a novel by: Harry Harrison, Director of Photography: Richard H. Kline, Special Photographic Effects: Robert R. Hoag, Matthew Yuricich, Special Visual Effects: A.J. Lohman, Special Photographic Sequences by: Inc. Braverman Productions, Film Editor: Samuel E. Beetley, Art Director: Edward C. Carfagno, Set Decoration: Robert R. Benton, Property Master: Terry Ballard, Costume Design: Pat Barto, Costumer: Betsy Cox, Norman Burza, Make-up: Bud Westmore, Hair Styles: Sherry Wilson, Prologue Photos by: Magnum, Filmed in: Panavision, {Colour by}: Metrocolor, Original Music: Fred Myrow, Symphony Music Directed by: Gerald Fried, Sound: Charles M. Wilborn, Harry W. Tetrick, Action Scenes Co-ordinated by: Joe Canutt, Technical Consultant: Professor Frank R. Bowerman
Cast (35)
Charlton Heston (Detective Thorn), Leigh Taylor-Young (Shirl), Chuck Connors (Tab Fielding), Joseph Cotten (William Simonson), Brock Peters (Hatcher), Paula Kelly (Martha), Edward G. Robinson (Sol Roth), Stephen Young (Gilbert), Mike Henry (Kulozik), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Priest), Roy Jenson (Donovan), Leonard Stone (Charles), Whit Bissell (Governor Santini), Celia Lovsky (the exchange leader), Dick Van Patten (usher #1), Morgan Farley (book #1), John Barclay (book #2), Belle Mitchell (book #3), Cyril Delevanti (book #4), Forrest Wood, Faith Quabius (attendant), Jane Dulo (Mrs Santini), Tim Herbert (Brady), John Dennis (Wagner), Jan Bradley (bandana woman), Carlos Romero (new tenant), Pat Houtchens (fat guard), Joyce Williams, Erica Hagen, Beverly Gill, Suesie Eejima, Cheri Howell, Kathy Silva, Jennifer King, Marion Charles (furniture girl)