The Inspector General

The Inspector General (1949)

6.6 101 min Movie
ComedyRomance

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.

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Cast

Danny Kaye Danny Kaye Georgi
Walter Slezak Walter Slezak Yakov
Barbara Bates Barbara Bates Leza
Elsa Lanchester Elsa Lanchester Maria
Gene Lockhart Gene Lockhart The Mayor
Alan Hale Alan Hale Kovatch
Walter Catlett Walter Catlett Colonel Castine
Rhys Williams Rhys Williams Inspector General
Benny Baker Benny Baker Telecki (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen Leonard Bremen Lieutenant (uncredited)
Robert Cherry Robert Cherry Peasant (uncredited)
Frank Conlan Frank Conlan OId Villager (uncredited)

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