The Inspector General (1949)
19491h 41mNRComedyRomance
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.
Cast
Danny KayeGeorgi
Walter SlezakYakov
Barbara BatesLeza
Elsa LanchesterMaria
Gene LockhartThe Mayor
Alan HaleKovatch
Walter CatlettColonel Castine
Rhys WilliamsInspector General
Benny BakerTelecki (uncredited)
Leonard BremenLieutenant (uncredited)- RRobert CherryPeasant (uncredited)
- FFrank ConlanOId Villager (uncredited)
Jimmy ConlinTurnkey (uncredited)- HHelena DareTownwoman (uncredited)
- BBryn DavisCouncilman's Wife (uncredited)
George DavisLadislaus (uncredited)- AAbe DinovitchPeasant (uncredited)
- AArt DupuisSentry (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Henry Koster
- Writers
- Philip RappHarry Kurnitz
- Producers
- Jerry Wald
- Music
- Johnny Green
- Cinematography
- Elwood Bredell
- Editing
- Rudi Fehr
Details
- Released
- December 31, 1949
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures
- IMDb
- tt0041509