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Zotz! is a american film of genre Comedy directed by William Castle released in USA on 3 october 1962 with Tom Poston
Zotz! (1962)
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Add to a movie listZotz! is a 1962 fantasy/comedy film produced and directed by William Castle, about a man obtaining magical powers from a god of an ancient civilization. The film is based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Walter Karig.
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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.Actors
Tom Poston
(Prof. Jonathan Jones)
Julia Meade
(Prof. Virginia Fenster)
Jim Backus
(Prof. Horatio Kellgore)
Cecil Kellaway
(Dean Joshua Updike)
Margaret Dumont
(Persephone Updike)
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