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Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Tagline:
It's the year 2022... People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need SOYLENT GREEN.
Plot synopsis:Charlton Heston plays Detective Thorn. Thorn is one of the few "good" New York cops in the famine-ravaged year of 2022. At this point in the future, overpopulation is problem number one, so much so that Thorn has to climb over a carpet of sleeping bodies every time he takes the stairs outside his apartment. To feed the sprawling masses, new types of food have been introduced by the Soylent corporation, which distinguishes between the various soy and plankton products by color. Soylents red and yellow have been joined by a new flavor, soylent green, which is "made from the finest undersea growth."
Thorn, a homicide detective, is called upon to investigate the death of William Simonson (Joseph Cotten), one of the highest members of the Soylent corporation. Although it initially looks like the work of a burglar who broke into Simonson's apartment, Thorn uncovers facts that reveal Simonson's death to have been an assassination. Thorn is occasionally assisted in his investigation by Shirl (Leigh Taylor-Young), a young woman who lives in the apartment as "furniture" for its tenant. Shirl's presence is not the only indication that Simonson was a rich man: the apartment has hot running water, plenty of real food, and books made from real paper. Thorn is a good cop, but he's not above "liberating" as many of these amenities as he can during the course of the investigation -- including Shirl.Thorn takes all the evidence he can find back to his "book," a sort of live-in researcher for detectives, named Sol. Sol (Edward G. Robinson in his final role) remembers the world before the famine struck. "When I was a kid, you could buy meat anywhere!" he says. Thorn, who has no such memories, humors him and brings him what small luxuries he can in exchange for Sol's services. Sol is our link to this sordid future; he is as horrified as we are at the state of the world. He is also as disbelieving and frustrated as we might be with those who accept the state of things in this bleak horror-show of a life. [source: stomptokyo.com]
Cast:
Charlton Heston | .... | Detective Robert Thorn | |
Leigh Taylor-Young | .... | Shirl | |
Chuck Connors | .... | Tab Fielding | |
Joseph Cotten | .... | William R. Simonson | |
Brock Peters | .... | Lt. Hatcher, Chief of Detectives | |
Paula Kelly | .... | Martha Phillips | |
Edward G. Robinson | .... | Sol Roth | |
Stephen Young | .... | Gilbert | |
Mike Henry | .... | Sgt. Kulozik | |
Lincoln Kilpatrick | .... | Father Paul | |
Roy Jenson | .... | State Security Chief Donovan | |
Leonard Stone | .... | Supt. Charles | |
Whit Bissell | .... | Gov. Santini | |
Celia Lovsky | .... | 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 | .... | Attendant | |
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 | .... | Furniture Girl | |
Erica Hagen | .... | Furniture Girl | |
Beverly Gill | .... | Furniture Girl | |
Suesie Eejima | .... | Furniture Girl | |
Cheri Howell | .... | Furniture Girl | |
Kathy Silva | .... | Furniture Girl | |
Jennifer King | .... | Furniture Girl | |
Marion Charles | .... | Furniture Girl | |
rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Robert Ito | .... | Shoe seller (uncredited) | |
Ida Mae McKenzie | .... | Woman Calling for Revolution (uncredited) | |
Richard Sterne | .... | TV announcer (uncredited) |