Big Zapper | |
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Directed by | Lindsay Shonteff |
Written by | Hugh Brody |
Produced by | Lindsay Shonteff Elizabeth Gray |
Starring | Linda Marlowe Gary Hope Sean Hewitt |
Cinematography | John C. Taylor |
Edited by | Spencer Reeve |
Music by | Colin Pearson |
Production companies | Delta Film Company Lindsay Shonteff Film Productions |
Distributed by | Miracle Films |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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]
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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]
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