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.
About
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.
Details
Directors
Henry Koster
Writers
Philip Rapp, Harry Kurnitz, Nikolai Gogol
Cast
Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale, Walter Catlett, Rhys Williams, Benny Baker, Leonard Bremen, Robert Cherry, Frank Conlan, Jimmy Conlin, Helena Dare, Bryn Davis
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures
Languages
English
Countries
United States of America
