Zotz!
Columbia Pictures (1962)
Comedy, Horror
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#14454
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  5.7
1 hr 27 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Tom Poston Prof. Jonathan Jones
Jim Backus Prof. Horatio Kellgore
Julia Meade Prof. Virginia Fenster
Fred Clark General Bullivar
Cecil Kellaway Dean Joshua Updike
Margaret Dumont Persephone Updike
Zeme North Cynthia Jones
James Millhollin Dr. R.A. Kroner
Mike Mazurki Igor
Albert Glasser Nikita Khruschev
Louis Nye Hugh Fundy
Director
William Castle
Producer William Castle
Writer Ray Russell
Walter Karig
Cinematography Gordon Avil
Musician Bernard Green


Here's something that you don't see every day. In "Zotz!", a college professor (Tom Poston) discovers an ancient coin which has three uses for whomever holds it: if you point to someone, the person feels a sharp pain; if you say "zotz" to someone, the person goes into slow motion; if you point to someone and say "zotz", it kills the person. Not only does he start using it throughout town - with some unintended consequences - but the Soviet Union gets wind of the story (so you know what that means).

Overall, the movie was pretty (seeing him make Jim Backus move in slow motion was something), but the part about the Russian agents trying to steal the coin was sort of silly.

Louis Nye does a cameo as the death ray inventor. He and Tom Poston, along with Don Knotts, were regulars on Steve Allen's television program and were famous for the recurring "Man on the Street" skits
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