The Inspector General (1949)
1h 41m
Running Time
December 31, 1949Release Date
The Inspector General (1949)
1h 41m
Running Time
December 31, 1949Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Danny Kaye
Georgi

Walter Slezak
Yakov

Barbara Bates
Leza

Elsa Lanchester
Maria

Gene Lockhart
The Mayor

Alan Hale
Kovatch

Walter Catlett
Colonel Castine

Rhys Williams
Inspector General

Benny Baker
Telecki (uncredited)

Leonard Bremen
Lieutenant (uncredited)

Robert Cherry
Peasant (uncredited)

Frank Conlan
OId Villager (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin
Turnkey (uncredited)

Helena Dare
Townwoman (uncredited)

Bryn Davis
Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

George Davis
Ladislaus (uncredited)

Abe Dinovitch
Peasant (uncredited)

Art Dupuis
Sentry (uncredited)

Robert Filmer
Sentry (uncredited)

Byron Foulger
Burbis (uncredited)

Karen Hale
Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

Lew Hearn
Izzick (uncredited)

Sam Hearn
Gizzick (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood
Goatherd (uncredited)

Si Jenks
Deaf Villager (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey
Villager (uncredited)

Joleen King
Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

Marc Krah
Gypsy (uncredited)

Gracille LaVinder
Townwoman (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt
Lazlo (uncredited)

Ida Moore
Old Villager (uncredited)

Jack Mower
Villager (uncredited)

Alix Nagy
Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

Paul Newlan
Viertel - the Woodchopper (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva
Gregor (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper
Buxom Villager (uncredited)

Joe Ploski
Bela (uncredited)

Maudie Prickett
Townwoman (uncredited)

Harry Raven
Sentry (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt
Sentry (uncredited)

Lester Sharpe
Sentry (uncredited)

Pepi Sinoff
Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey
Townsman (uncredited)

Joan Vohs
Peasant Girl (uncredited)

Audrey Winn
Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

Jeff York
Guard (uncredited)

Henry Koster
Director

Philip Rapp
Screenplay

Harry Kurnitz
Screenplay

Elwood Bredell
Director of Photography

Ben Hecht
Additional Writing

Natalie Kalmus
Color Designer

Mitchell Kovaleski
Color Assistant

Jerry Wald
Producer

Sylvia Fine
Associate Producer

Johnny Green
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Media.



Details.
This Movie Is About.
corruption
mayor
escape
snake oil
medicine show
Wiki.
The Inspector General is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, and Elsa Lanchester. Original music and lyrics are by the associate producer Sylvia Fine, who was married to Danny Kaye, with Johnny Green credited for musical direction and incidental score. The film is loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's play The Inspector General. The plot is re-located from the Russian Empire into an unspecified corrupted region of a European country that suddenly finds itself under the supervision of the First French Empire.
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