Soylent Green

1973 · 1h37 · Film

Directed by Richard Fleischer

Starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly, Edward G. Robinson, Stephen Young, Mike Henry, Lincoln Kilpatrick

Ideal when you feel… Angry Happy Stressed

In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Stanley R. Greenberg, Harry Harrison

Music

Fred Myrow

Cinematography

Richard H. Kline

Cast

Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly, Edward G. Robinson, Stephen Young, Mike Henry, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Roy Jenson, Leonard Stone

Updated July 22, 2026

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