The Inspector General
1949/12/31 (US) | Comedy, Music, Romance
The Kaye way to chaos and corruption.
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.
Henry Koster
Director
Harry Kurnitz
Screenplay
Philip Rapp
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Danny Kaye
Georgi
Walter Slezak
Yakov
Barbara Bates
Leza
Elsa Lanchester
Maria
Gene Lockhart
The Mayor
Alan Hale
Kovatch
Walter Catlett
Colonel Castine
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- First National Pictures
Crews
Elwood Bredell
Director of Photography
Mitchell Kovaleski
Color Assistant
Natalie Kalmus
Color Designer
Ben Hecht
Additional Writing
Robert M. Haas
Art Direction