Star of the Month Charlton Heston stars alongside the great Edward G. Robinson in SOYLENT GREEN ('73), which marked his final performance. Heston had long admired Robinson who had kept in touch since working together in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ('56). See it tonight at 8pm ET. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

Remembering Edward G. Robinson and his Final Performance in the Science-Fiction Story 1973 Film Soylent Green. Eating Scene with Charlton Heston Robinson died at Mount Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles of bladder cancer on January 26, 1973. Services were held at Temple Israel in Los Angeles where Charlton Heston delivered the eulogy. Soylent Green is a 1973 American dystopian thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charlton Heston and Leigh Taylor-Young. Edward G. Robinson appears i