Big Zapper
1973 British film by Lindsay Shonteff
- 20 September 1973 (1973-09-20)
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Big Zapper, also known as The Sex Life of a Female Private Eye, is a 1973 British action film directed by Lindsay Shonteff and starring Linda Marlowe, Gary Hope and Sean Hewitt.[1] It was followed by a sequel The Swordsman (1974).[2]
Plot
Harriet Zapper is a detective hired by Jeremiah Horn to locate his missing daughter Pandora, who has in fact been murdered by gangland boss Kono. With the help of three samurai imported from Japan, Zapper pursues Kono and brings him to justice.
Cast
- Linda Marlowe as Harriet Zapper
- Gary Hope as Kono
- Sean Hewitt as Fingers
- Michael O'Malley as Strawberry Jim
- Richard Monette as Rock Hard
- Jack May as Jeremiah Horn
- Penny Irving as Maggie
- Stuart Lock as Septimus / Randy Horn
- Bobbi Anne as Pandora Horn / Pandy
- Kristopher Kum as samurai
- Hock Chuan as samurai
- Tony Hiew as samurai
- William Ridoutt as Shawn Cobra
- Graham Ashley as Cortini
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Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A paltry and nasty sexual fantasy which looks as though it has been dreamed up for the entertainment of impotent sadists. ... Attempting some kind of balance between jokiness and titillation, Shonteff effectively stifles both. The feeble jokes and tricks fail to camouflage the dominant motif: knives penetrate, blood gushes, heads roll. And to crown it all, particularly inane use is made of a cod Chandler narration."[3]
References
- ^ "Big Zapper". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Sheridan, Simon (2007). Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema. Reynolds & Hearn Books. p. 99. ISBN 978-1905287543.
- ^ "Big Zapper". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 41 (480): 3. 1 January 1974. ProQuest 1305838797 – via ProQuest.
External links
- Big Zapper at IMDb
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Films directed by Lindsay Shonteff
- Devil Doll (1964)
- Curse of Simba (1965)
- Licensed to Kill (1965)
- The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
- Clegg (1970)
- Permissive (1970)
- The Yes Girls (1971)
- The Fast Kill (1972)
- Big Zapper (1973)
- The Swordsman (1974)
- Spy Story (1976)
- No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977)
- Licensed to Love and Kill (1979)
- How Sleep the Brave (1982)
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