Big Zapper

Big Zapper
Directed byLindsay Shonteff
Written byHugh Brody
Produced byLindsay Shonteff
Elizabeth Gray
StarringLinda Marlowe
Gary Hope
Sean Hewitt
CinematographyJohn C. Taylor
Edited bySpencer Reeve
Music byColin Pearson
Production
companies
Delta Film Company
Lindsay Shonteff Film Productions
Distributed byMiracle Films
Release date
  • 20 September 1973 (1973-09-20)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

Plot

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

  1. ^ "Big Zapper". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ^ Sheridan, Simon (2007). Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema. Reynolds & Hearn Books. p. 99. ISBN 978-1905287543.
  3. ^ "Big Zapper". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 41 (480): 3. 1 January 1974. ProQuest 1305838797 – via ProQuest.


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