The Inspector General (1949)
The Kaye way to chaos and corruption.
102 min
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.
- Release date
- December 31, 1949
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Danny Kaye as Georgi
- Walter Slezak as Yakov
- Barbara Bates as Leza
- Elsa Lanchester as Maria
- Gene Lockhart as The Mayor
- Alan Hale as Kovatch
- Walter Catlett as Col. Castine
- Rhys Williams as Inspector General
- Al Bain as Villager
- Benny Baker as Telecki
Crew
- Henry Koster · Director
- Philip Rapp · Writer
- Harry Kurnitz · Writer
- Nikolay Gogol · Writer
- Jerry Wald · Producer
- Johnny Green · Composer
- Elwood Bredell · Cinematographer
- Rudi Fehr · Editor