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The Inspector General

  • 1949
  • TMDB 6.7/10
  • 1h 41m

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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Overview

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

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