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The Inspector General
1949 6.5 (52 votes) 1h 41m
Genres
Comedy Music Romance
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
First National Pictures

The Inspector General

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.

Key Crew

Director: Henry Koster

Screenplay: Harry Kurnitz, Philip Rapp

Director of Photography: Elwood Bredell

Producer: Jerry Wald

Top Cast

Danny Kaye
Danny Kaye

Georgi

Walter Slezak
Walter Slezak

Yakov

Barbara Bates
Barbara Bates

Leza

Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Lanchester

Maria

Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart

The Mayor

Alan Hale
Alan Hale

Kovatch

Walter Catlett
Walter Catlett

Colonel Castine

Rhys Williams
Rhys Williams

Inspector General

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