The Inspector General

"The Kaye way to chaos and corruption."

Dec 31 1949 Approved 1h 42m
Comedy, Musical, Romance

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.

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.

Written by

Philip Rapp, Harry Kurnitz, Nikolay Gogol

Directed by

Henry Koster

Cast

Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

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# of Votes
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Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
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