The Inspector General

Name: The Inspector General
Director: Henry Koster
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1949-12-31
Duration: 101 min
Cast: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart

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1949 · 101 min · NR · Comedy · Romance · TMDB 6.6/10

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.

Directed by Henry Koster

Cast

Danny Kaye — Georgi
Walter Slezak — Yakov
Barbara Bates — Leza
Elsa Lanchester — Maria
Gene Lockhart — The Mayor