Zeta One
Zeta One | |
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Directed by | Michael Cort |
Written by |
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Produced by | George Maynard Tony Tenser |
Starring | James Robertson Justice Charles Hawtrey Dawn Addams |
Cinematography | Jack Atchelor |
Edited by |
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Music by | Johnny Hawksworth |
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Distributed by | Tigon Film Distributors |
Release date | October 1970 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £60,000 |
Zeta One, also known as The Love Slaves, Alien Women and The Love Factor, is a 1970 British
Plot
James Word is a spy for Section 5 who finds a secretary for the section waiting when he returns home. As they play strip poker, he tells about tailing Major Bourdon, who was conducting an investigation into the women from Angvia. The Angvians are led by Zeta, and are an all-women secret society. The Angvians regularly abducted other planet's women into their ranks where they were brainwashed to become operatives. Their next target is stripper "Ted" Strain and Section 5 uses her to set a trap for them. As Bourdon’s men take several of the Angvian agents prisoner, a final confrontation between the various parties occurs at his estate.
Cast
- James Robertson Justice as Major Bourdon
- Charles Hawtreyas Swyne
- Robin Hawdon as James Word
- Anna Gaël as Clotho
- Dawn Addams as Zeta
- Brigitte Skay as Lachesis
- Valerie Leon as Atropos
- Lionel Murton as W
- Yutte Stensgaard as Ann Olsen
- Wendy Lingham as Edwina "Ted" Strain
- Carol Hawkins as Zara
- Rita Webb as clippie
- Steve Kirby as Sleth
- Paul Baker as Bourdon's assistant
- Angela Grant as Angvia girl
- Kirsten Betts as Angvia girl
Production
Zeta One was the first film shot at Camden Studios, formerly a wallpaper factory in North London.[2] Art director Christopher Neame designed the film's sets. Location shooting took place around the city.
Release
First screened to journalists in April 1969 to hostile reviews, the film sat on the shelf for 18 months before finally getting a UK release in October 1970, as the supporting feature to Kobi Jaegar's 1969 film Kama Sutra.[3]
It was released in America by Film Ventures International, briefly in 1973 as The Love Slaves and then wider in 1974 under the titles Alien Women and The Love Factor.[4] It was released as a Blu-ray DVD in 2013.[5]
Critical reception
The film received negative reviews on its initial release.[2]
In
Moria Reviews noted it is an odd mix of the James Bond type movies with a sex comedy.[8]
References
- ^ "Zeta One". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ a b c I.Q. Hunter, British Science Fiction Cinema, Routledge, 2001 p 69
- ^ Sheridan, Simon: Saucy 70s booklet, 88 Films, 2022, p.20.
- ^ Stanley, J. (2000) Creature Feature: Third Edition
- ^ "Zeta One Blu-ray (The Love Factor)". blu-ray.com. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ProQuest 1305829296– via ProQuest.
- ProQuest 2600861610– via ProQuest.
- ^ "Zeta One (1969)". Moria Reviews. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
External links
- Zeta One at IMDb
- Zeta One at ReelStreets