Big Zapper
{{Short description|1973 British film by Lindsay Shonteff}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Big Zapper
| image = File:Big Zapper.jpg
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| director = Lindsay Shonteff
| producer = Lindsay Shonteff
Elizabeth Gray
| writer = Hugh Brody
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| starring = Linda Marlowe
Gary Hope
Sean Hewitt
| music = Colin Pearson
| cinematography = John C. Taylor
| editing = Spencer Reeve
| studio = Delta Film Company
Lindsay Shonteff Film Productions
| distributor = Miracle Films
| released = {{Film date|1973|09|20|df=yes}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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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.{{Cite web |title=Big Zapper |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150027840 |access-date=29 December 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} It was followed by a sequel The Swordsman (1974).{{Cite book |last=Sheridan |first=Simon |title=Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema. |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Books |year=2007 |isbn=978-1905287543 |pages=99}}
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
Plot
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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."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1974 |title=Big Zapper |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305838797 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=41 |issue=480 |pages=3 |id={{ProQuest|1305838797}} |via=ProQuest}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|0069785}}
{{Lindsay Shonteff}}
Category:1970s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Lindsay Shonteff
Category:English-language action films
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