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Charles Hawtrey | ... | |
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Anna Gaël | ... | |
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Brigitte Skay | ... | |
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Valerie Leon | ... | |
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Lionel Murton | ... | |
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Yutte Stensgaard | ... | |
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Wendy Lingham | ... | |
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Rita Webb | ... |
Clippie
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Carol Hawkins | ... |
Zara
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Steve Kirby | ... |
Sleuth
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Paul Baker | ... |
Bourdon's Assistant
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Walter Sparrow | ... |
Stage Manager
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A British superspy comedy with a Pop Art aesthetic, ZETA ONE is the kind of psychedelic, sexy thriller that inspired the Austin Powers series. In this playful spoof at the James Bond films, Robin Hawdon stars as Word...James Word, a womanizing secret agent whose investigation of a criminal mastermind (James Robertson Justice) leads him to discover a race of beautiful, exotic superwomen. Further inquiry exposes the naked truth, that these women have been abducted and brainwashed by the alien, interdimensional goddess Zeta (Dawn Addams). Written by Becky LeSabre
Found this little gem on Netflix streaming. The story seems made up as they went along, the "action" scenes make WWE look like real fighting, and sometimes I wasn't sure how the characters were supposed to be feeling. It was a great movie.
Between the dated, Andy Worhal-esque style, with the actors and actresses taking themselves seriously, and the points mentioned in the first paragraph, this turned out to be a side-splitting hilarious film. This is one of those "so bad it's good" kind of films. A few spots were a little slow, but everything around them more than made up for them.
As my wife said, "If I wouldn't be embarrassed to say I saw this movie, I would recommend it to a friend!"