The film, which was directed by Elia Kazan, also marked the screen debuts of Sandy Dennis and Phyllis Diller.
For good measure, the film also marks the screen debut of 22-year-old British actor Stacy Martin.
It marked the screen debut of Barbra Streisand, who reprised her theatrical role as Brice and earned an Academy Award for her spirited performance.
Few roles have been deemed worthy of the efforts of Sir Ben Kingsley, now 60, who for three decades has marked the screen indelibly as Gandhi, as a Jewish accountant during the Holocaust, a Latin American torturer and a terrifying British gangster.
Also marked the screen debut of future Hi-de-Hi! star Paul Shane who recalled:"I played a cyclist and all I had to say was 'My bum's numb".' Darkly prophetic 1980 comedy in which the occupants of the last remaining back-to-back in Leeds become curators of their own home in a historical theme-park.
Starring Kim Milford, Cheryl Smith, and Gianni Russo, the film features notable cameo appearances by Keenan Wynn and Roddy McDowall, and marked the screen debut of actor Eddie Deezen.
Laserblast marked the screen debut of Eddie Deezen, who went on to play other archetypal nerd roles in films like Grease (1978), which was filmed before Laserblast started production, Grease 2 (1982), and Midnight Madness (1980).
On the episode marking the screen death of Pauline on 25 December 2006, Dot remarks to Pauline, "You're the only real friend I've got", in a scene that Tim Teeman of The Times has described as "one of the most moving scenes in a soap [in 2006]".
The Vatican marked the screening with an official bulletin.
