Zeta One
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- Michael Cort
- Alistair McKenzie
Tony Tenser
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| Directed by | Michael Cort |
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| Produced by | George Maynard Tony Tenser |
| Starring | James Robertson Justice Charles Hawtrey Dawn Addams |
| Cinematography | Jack Atchelor |
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| Music by | Johnny Hawksworth |
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| Distributed by | Tigon Film Distributors |
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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 comedy science fiction film directed by Michael Cort and starring James Robertson Justice, Charles Hawtrey and Dawn Addams.[1] It was written by Cort and Alistair McKenzie, based on a comic strip short story in the magazine Zeta,[2] and was produced by George Maynard and Tony Tenser for Tigon Films.
James Word is a spy for Section 5 who finds a secretary from 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 Edwina "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 Hawtrey as Swyne
- Robin Hawdon as James Word
- Anna Gaël as Clotho
- Brigitte Skay as Lachesis
- Dawn Addams as Zeta
- Valerie Leon as Atropos
- Lionel Murton as 'W'
- Yutte Stensgaard as Ann Olsen
- Wendy Lingham as Ted (Edwina)
- Rita Webb as clippie
- Carol Hawkins as Zara
- Steve Kirby as sleuth
- Paul Baker as Bourdon's assistant
- Walter Sparrow as stage manager
- Alan Haywood as pilot
- Anna Tunnard as Miss Johnson
- Yolande Del Mar as striptease artiste
- Rose Howlett as fat lady
- Nita Lorraine as Angvia girl
- Vikki Richards as Angvia girl
- 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]