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The Inspector General

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The Inspector General

Dec 31, 1949

1h 41m

★ 6.6

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

The Inspector General Trailers

Cast

Danny Kaye

Georgi

Danny Kaye

Walter Slezak

Yakov

Walter Slezak

Barbara Bates

Leza

Barbara Bates

Elsa Lanchester

Maria

Elsa Lanchester

Gene Lockhart

The Mayor

Gene Lockhart

Alan Hale

Kovatch

Alan Hale

Walter Catlett

Colonel Castine

Walter Catlett

Rhys Williams

Inspector General

Rhys Williams

Benny Baker

Telecki (uncredited)

Benny Baker

Leonard Bremen

Lieutenant (uncredited)

Leonard Bremen

No Image

Peasant (uncredited)

Robert Cherry

No Image

OId Villager (uncredited)

Frank Conlan

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