Haven’t heard of the movie and didn’t know any of that. Fascinating.
Did you see the NCIS-LA season where Miguel Ferrer, the son of Mel Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney, was dying and played the dying Owen Granger to the end?
I didn’t see that NCIS episode, but in a previous series (crossing Jordan) Mel Ferrer was a costar, and did not look well even back then.
Here is the scene:
Sol (Edward G. Robinson) learns of a dark government secret that causes him to give up on living. He goes to the Euthanasia Clinic to end it all. His best friend (Charlton Heston) follows him to the clinic and tries to save him, but can’t. Then he follows the body to find out the secret.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bshz1reMTVY