Zeta One (1969)

Director:

Michael Cort

Writers:

Michael Cort (writer)
Alistair McKenzie (writer)

Release Date:

22 June 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

It's Sexcitement in Time and Space

Plot:

A race of topless, large-breasted women from the planet Angvia, in another dimension, come to earth to kidnap women to repopulate their planet. |

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Female Dominated Society | Kaleidoscope | Stripper | Female Fighter

Cast

James Robertson Justice	...	Maj. Bourdon
Charles Hawtrey	...	Swyne
Robin Hawdon	...	James Word
Anna Gaël	...	Clotho
Brigitte Skay	...	Lachesis
Dawn Addams	...	Zeta
Valerie Leon	...	Atropos
Lionel Murton	...	W
Yutte Stensgaard	...	Ann Olsen
Angela Grant	...	Angvisa Girl (as Angie Grant)
Wendy Lingham	...	Edwina 'Ted' Strain
Rita Webb	...	Clippie
Carol Hawkins	...	Zara (as Carolanne Hawkins)
Steve Kirby	...	Sleuth
Paul Baker	...	Bourdon's Assistant

Also Known As:

Alien Women
The Love Factor (USA)

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | USA:R

Company:

Tigon

Trivia:

According to a recent book on Tigon pictures James Robertson Justice was very ashamed to be working on a film of this sort.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fantastic Fantasy Fright-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

British sexploitation

If anything, "Zeta One" (a.k.a. "The Love Factor" and "Alien Women") proves that the U.S.A. doesn't have a lock on cheesy soft-core porn movies. In this one, a race of alien women (many of whom run around topless) kidnap earth women to repopulate their world. What sounds like a fun spoof of spy movies and sci-fi flicks fails miserably, due to many factors, not the least of which is that there's simply no point of view. The cast (and the script) seem to meander around without any real purpose. The secret agent character, James Word (played by Robin Hawdon of "When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth") seems to have two purposes in the movie: to have sex with every woman who crosses his path, and smoke cigarettes, since he doesn't seem to do anything else. A part like his takes a deft comedic touch, which Hawdon just doesn't have. The story is told in flashback, and the framing sequences featuring Hawdon and lovely Yutte Stensgaard seem to indicate trouble with the original film (Hawdon has a moustache in the main body of the film, but is without it in the framing sequences). Scenes dealing with a strip-poker game and Word's ultimate fate go on for what seems like an eternity without any real payoff. And top-billed James Robertson Justice gives a textbook example of a "where's-my-paycheck?" type performance. The British have a reputation for stuffiness, and if this movie is any indication, it is a reputation well-deserved.