Big Gus, What's the Fuss?

Big Gus, What's The Fuss?
Film poster
Directed byAmi Artzi
Lloyd Kaufman
Written byAmi Artzi
Lloyd Kaufman
Produced byAmi Artzi
Lloyd Kaufman
StarringIlan Dar
Yosef Shiloach
Dubi Gal
Sassi Keshet
Elisheva Michaeli
CinematographyHassa Wollich
Edited byDov Hoenig
Music byBeni Nagari
Distributed byTroma Entertainment
Release date
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryIsrael
LanguageHebrew

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!