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Zotz!

Zotz!

Zay It, Zee It and Zoon!
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Overview:

Jonathan Jones, a professor of ancient languages, comes into possession of an ancient coin. He translates its inscription, which gives him three powers: to inflict pain, slow down time or kill. Soon, he's pursued by enemy spies who have learned about the magic coin.
Released: 1962-10-03
Duration: 01:27:00
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Director: William Castle
Writer: Ray Russell, Walter Karig
Cast: Bess Flowers, Mike Mazurki, Cecil Kellaway, ...
Director: William Castle
Writer: Ray Russell Walter Karig
Cast: Bess Flowers Mike Mazurki Cecil Kellaway Jimmy Hawkins Louis Nye Tom Poston Julia Meade Fred Clark Jim Backus Zeme North Margaret Dumont James Millhollin Carl Don Judee Morton Leoda Richards William Castle
Genre: Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Description

A brilliant but peculiar professor of Ancient Eastern languages, Jonathan Jones, finds that an amulet sent to his niece Cynthia by a boyfriend from an archeological dig has magical powers.

Whoever has the amulet in their possession can 1) cause great pain by pointing at another living creature, 2) cause time to go into slow motion by saying the word "Zotz!", or 3) cause instant death by simultaneously pointing and saying "Zotz!". Both government and Communist agents immediately develop an interest in the amulet's possible military use. (This is a metaphor for the age of nuclear weapons, as the novel was written two years after atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki).

In the meantime, Jones and rival professor Kellgore are both in line for a promotion to take over from retiring Dean Updike as head of this California university's language department. A new colleague and possible romantic interest, Professor Fenster, is startled by Jones' behavior, particularly at a party thrown by Updike's wife that turns into chaos.

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