| Hector the Mighty | |
| Director: | Enzo G. Castellari |
| Music: | Francesco De Masi |
| Cinematography: | Guglielmo Mancori |
| Producer: | Edmondo Amati Raoul Katz |
| Runtime: | 91 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
Hector the Mighty (Italian: '''Ettore lo fusto''') is a 1972 Italian comedy film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. A parody of Homer's Iliad set in modern times, it is loosely based on the 1966 novel Le roi des Mirmidous by Henri Viard and Bernard Zacharias.[1] [2]
Italian horror film director Lucio Fulci co-wrote the screenplay. Producer Edmondo Amati wanted Fulci to direct it, but Fulci thought it was an inferior project and was able to get out of doing it, even though he was under contract to Amati at the time.[3]
A pimp named Horny Hector operates a brothel on property coveted by Cardinal Giove. The Cardinal comes up with a plan to force Hector into selling him the land by kidnapping Helen (an updating of the Helen of Troy story), triggering a small gang war.[4]