''Big Zapper'' is a 1973 British

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by

Lindsay Shonteff Lindsay Craig Shonteff (5 November 1935 – 11 March 2006) was a Canadian born film director, film producer and screenwriter who achieved fame for low-budget films produced in the United Kingdom. Biography Lindsay Shonteff was born in Toronto, O ...

and starring

Linda Marlowe Linda Virginia Marlowe (née Bathurst, born 26 July 1940) is an Australian-born British film, theatre, and television actress. She is noted for her association with Steven Berkoff, performing in many of his theatrical works, creating a one-woman ...

Gary Hope Gary may refer to: *Gary (given name), a common masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Gary, Indiana, the largest city named Gary Places ;Iran * Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province ;Uni ...

and Sean Hewitt. It was followed by a sequel '' The Swordsman''.Sheridan p.99

Cast

as Harriet Zapper *

as Kono * Sean Hewitt as Fingers * Michael O'Malley as Strawberry Jim *

Richard Monette Richard Jean Monette CM, DHum, LLD (June 19, 1944 – September 9, 2008), was a Canadian actor and director, best known for his 14-season tenure as the longest-serving artistic director of the Stratford Festival of Canada from 1994 to 2007. Ear ...

as Rock Hard *

Jack May Jack Wynne May (23 April 1922 – 19 September 1997) was an English actor. Early life and education May was born in 1922 in Henley-on-Thames, and was educated at Forest School in Walthamstow. After war service with the Royal Indian Navy in Bri ...

as Jeremiah Horn *

Penny Irving Penny Irving is a former actress and a page 3 model in '' The Sun'' “newspaper”. Career Irving is best remembered for her roles in the 1970s sitcom ''Are You Being Served?'' (as Miss Bakewell, Young Mr Grace's secretary), appearing between ...

as Maggie * Stuart Lock as Septimus / Randy Horn * Bobbi Anne as Pandora Horn / Pandy *

Kristopher Kum Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει� ...

as Samurai * Hock Chuan as Samurai * Tony Hiew as Samurai * William Ridoutt as Shawn Cobra *

Graham Ashley Graham and Graeme may refer to: People * Graham (given name), an English-language given name * Graham (surname), an English-language surname * Graeme (surname), an English-language surname * Graham (musician) (born 1979), Burmese singer * Clan ...

as Cortini

References

Bibliography

* Denis Gifford. '' British Film Catalogue, Volume I''. Routledge, 2016. * Simon Sheridan. ''Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema''. Reynolds & Hearn Books, 2007.

External links

* 1973 films British action films 1973 action films 1970s English-language films Films directed by Lindsay Shonteff 1970s British films {{1970s-UK-film-stub