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Big Zapper (Original title)Zappers Blade of Vengeance (Working title)The Sex Life of a Female Private Eye (Alternative title)
Date: 1973 (Copyright)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Lindsay Shonteff

Synopsis: Private eye Harriet Zapper is hired to track down Kono, a killer. Before confronting him she has to fight off some twelve men and kill off three expert Samurai swordsmen especially commissioned from Japan.

Genre:
Detective drama
Credits (30)
©: Delta Film Company, Production Company: Lindsay Shonteff Film Productions Ltd., In Charge of Production: Elizabeth Gray, Produced by: Lindsay Shonteff, Associate Producer: Harold Victor Gray, Runner: Huntly Maury, First Assistant Director: Stuart A. Black, Assistant Director: Paul Des Salles, Continuity: Winifred Howard, Original Screenplay: Hugh Brody, Lighting Cameraman: John C. Taylor, [Camera] Operator: Bill Paterson, Follow Focus: Michael Connor, Clapper Loader: Christopher Roberts, Electrician: Bill Francis, Electrician: Ray Snooks, Stills: Nicholas John, Special Effects: Nobby Clark, Edited by: Spencer Reeve, Assistant Editor: T.A. Harvey, Wardrobe: Sally Roberts, Gary Hope's Hats Supplied by: Herbert Johnson (Bond Street) Ltd, Music Composed and Conducted by: Colin Pearson, Sound Recordist: Derek Rye, Sound Mixer: Tony Jackson, Boom Operator: Stuart Edwards, Sound Editor: Joseph Miller, Liaison Officer: Lynn Maury, Technicolor Contact: Tony Lewis
Cast (43)
Linda Marlowe (Harriet Zapper), Gary Hope (Kono), Sean Hewitt (Fingers), Michael O'Malley (Strawberry Jim), Jack May (Jeremiah Horn), Richard Monette (Rock Hard), Stuart Lock (Randy/Septy), Penny Irving (Maggie), Bobby Anne (Pandy), Kristopher Kum, Hock Chuan, Tony Hiew (samurai), William Ridoutt (Shawn Cobra), Graham Ashley (Cortini), Joseph Cheng, Gavin Douglas, Robert Breen (Kono's boy), Nova Llewellyn (girl), Jeanetta Marsden, Parnall Mcgarry (Rose), Paula Tinker (girl), Gaylord Burr (Kono's boy), Sonia Camara, Jo Peters (girl), Michael Crane (Cecil), Al Lampert, Rod Wilmott, Keith Britto, Jim Russell, Bob Miller, Anthony Edwards, Peter Kenton, Hugh Halliday, Brian Davey, Raymond Brody, M. Redfern, C. Forgione, Marc Arnall, Alan Thompson, Anthony Rowlands, William Hootkins, John Salthouse, Leon Taggert (Kono's boy)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (3)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v43 n506 March 1976  Page: 66
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v43 n506 March 1976: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Addition.

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v41 n480 January 1974  Page: 3
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v41 n480 January 1974: no known title]Language: English

In: Cinema TV Today n10060 1 Dec 1973  Page: 17
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10060 1 Dec 1973: no known title]Language: English


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3011 FeetBFI identifier: C-152968
Status: Viewing - Condition of film print prohibits projection. Digitisation may be possible on request (servicing required)



Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5324 FeetStock date: 1973BFI identifier: C-1139339
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3011 FeetBFI identifier: C-152968
Status: Viewing - Condition of film print prohibits projection. Digitisation may be possible on request (servicing required)