The Inspector General

The Inspector General

101 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Dec. 31, 1949

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.

The Inspector General

101 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Dec. 31, 1949

The Inspector General
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures
Original title The Inspector General
Directors William J. Hole Jr., Arthur Lueker, Henry Koster
Writers Nikolai Gogol, Philip Rapp, Harry Kurnitz, Ben Hecht

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 Colonel Castine

Rhys Williams

as Inspector General

Benny Baker

as Telecki (uncredited)

Leonard Bremen

as Lieutenant (uncredited)

Robert Cherry

as Peasant (uncredited)

Frank Conlan

as OId Villager (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

as Turnkey (uncredited)

Helena Dare

as Townwoman (uncredited)

Bryn Davis

as Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

George Davis

as Ladislaus (uncredited)

Abe Dinovitch

as Peasant (uncredited)

Art Dupuis

as Sentry (uncredited)

Robert Filmer

as Sentry (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

as Burbis (uncredited)

Karen Hale

as Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

Lew Hearn

as Izzick (uncredited)

Sam Hearn

as Gizzick (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

as Goatherd (uncredited)

Si Jenks

as Deaf Villager (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

as Villager (uncredited)

Joleen King

as Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

Marc Krah

as Gypsy (uncredited)

Gracille LaVinder

as Townwoman (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

as Lazlo (uncredited)

Ida Moore

as Old Villager (uncredited)

Jack Mower

as Villager (uncredited)

Alix Nagy

as Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

Paul Newlan

as Viertel - the Woodchopper (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva

as Gregor (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

as Buxom Villager (uncredited)

Joe Ploski

as Bela (uncredited)

Maudie Prickett

as Townwoman (uncredited)

Harry Raven

as Sentry (uncredited)

Buddy Roosevelt

as Sentry (uncredited)

Lester Sharpe

as Sentry (uncredited)

Pepi Sinoff

as Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

as Townsman (uncredited)

Joan Vohs

as Peasant Girl (uncredited)

Audrey Winn

as Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

Jeff York

as Guard (uncredited)