Z.P.G. (1972)

PG05/25/1972Science Fiction, Thriller1h 37m
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Smog covers the earth. The oxygen is depleted. Love is encouraged. But the penalty for birth is death. The time Is tomorrow and there's no time left.

Overview

In the not too distant future, an overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with their substitute robot baby, breaks the rules.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Oliver Reed

    Russ

  2. Cast 1

    Geraldine Chaplin

    Carol

  3. Cast 1

    Don Gordon

    George

  4. Cast 1

    Diane Cilento

    Edna

  5. David Markham

    Dr. Herrick

  6. Cast 1

    Bill Nagy

    The President

  7. Cast 1

    Sheila Reid

    Mary Herrick

  8. Cast 1

    Aubrey Woods

    Dr. Mallory

  9. Wayne Rodda

    Metromart Salesman

Our planet is over-populated so the government introduces a strict no offspring policy. We must all make do with robot babies - anyone caught trying to have a real child gets shot! "Russ" (Oliver Reed) and "Carol" (Geraldine Chaplin) are determined to have a child, though, and the feature follows their escapades as they try to conceive and to keep their baby and themselves from the pervasive eyes and ears of the State. The concept is quite original, and it obviously spawned quite a few sequels (not least "Logan's Run" in 1976), but the execution and production really do let this down. Diane Ci...

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