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

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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