Big Gus, What's the Fuss? (1973)

Original title

הבלש האמיץ שוורץ

Directed by

Lloyd Kaufman

Genre

comedy film

Country

Israel

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A Hebrew detective named Gus and his partner Harry take a job from a woman who suspects her husband is cheating. They follow leads around town to uncover the truth.

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What happens

Big Gus, What's the Fuss? (also known as Ha-Balash Ha'Amitz Shvartz, Schwartz: The Brave Detective and Fat Spy) is a 1973 Israeli comedy film written and directed by Ami Artzi and American director Lloyd Kaufman, the president of Troma Entertainment. The plot revolves around a Hebrew detective named Gus and his partner Harry who are hired by a woman to investigate a possible case of adultery. The film was not released commercially until 2009, as an Easter egg on The Sexy Box, a DVD boxset of Squeeze Play!, Waitress!, Stuck on You! and The First Turn-On! (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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