The Love Factor (1969)

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

Director:

Michael Cort

Writers:

Michael Cort (screenplay), Alistair McKenzie (screenplay)

Stars:

James Robertson Justice, Charles Hawtrey, Robin Hawdon

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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
Wendy Lingham	...	Edwina 'Ted' Strain
Rita Webb	...	Clippie
Carol Hawkins	...	Zara (as Carolanne Hawkins)
Steve Kirby	...	Sleuth
Paul Baker	...	Bourdon's Assistant
Walter Sparrow	...	Stage Manager

Storyline

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).

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Plot Keywords:

alien | female alien | humanoid alien | alien invader | kidnapping plot | 

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Taglines:

It's Sexcitement in Time and Space

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 June 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Love Factor

Filming Locations:

Camden Studios, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tigon

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Quotes

Voice of the Lift: [James enters lift] Call out your floor, please... Call out your floor, please.
James Word: Thirteenth.
Voice of the Lift: Thirteenth what?
James Word: Thirteenth, please?
Voice of the Lift: Thank you. You just don't get any politeness these days. Here's me slaving up and down all day and never a please or a thank you. People like you make me sick... sick... sick.
James Word: We've stopped.
Voice of the Lift: That's right.
James Word: Well, are we going on?
Voice of the Lift: You can do what you like. I'm staying here. This is my teabreak.
James Word: Couldn't we go up a few floors? You could have your teabreak then.
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Connections

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 2 (1996)

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Soundtracks

Zeta One Song
Written by Johnny Hawksworth
Performed by The Hawksworth Studio Group
(Main Title)

User Reviews

Hilarious!

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!"