The Inspector General (1949)
The Kaye way to chaos and corruption.
1949 · NR · 1h 41m · Comedy, Romance
Genres: Comedy, 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.
Director: Henry Koster
Writers: Harry Kurnitz, Philip Rapp
Music by: Johnny Green
Cinematography: Elwood Bredell
Editor: Rudi Fehr
Rated 6.6/10 by 58 viewers
Cast
Danny Kaye as GeorgiWalter Slezak as YakovBarbara Bates as LezaElsa Lanchester as MariaGene Lockhart as The MayorAlan Hale as KovatchWalter Catlett as Colonel CastineRhys Williams as Inspector GeneralBenny Baker as Telecki (uncredited)Leonard Bremen as Lieutenant (uncredited)Robert Cherry as Peasant (uncredited)Frank Conlan as OId Villager (uncredited)More like this
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