The Inspector General

Dec 31, 1949

1h 41m

★ 6.5

The Kaye way to chaos and corruption.

Overview

An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Romance

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

First National Pictures

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Cast

Georgi

Danny Kaye

Yakov

Walter Slezak

Leza

Barbara Bates

Maria

Elsa Lanchester

The Mayor

Gene Lockhart

Kovatch

Alan Hale

Colonel Castine

Walter Catlett

Inspector General

Rhys Williams

Telecki (uncredited)

Benny Baker

Lieutenant (uncredited)

Leonard Bremen

Peasant (uncredited)

Robert Cherry

OId Villager (uncredited)

Frank Conlan

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