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The Inspector General
“The Kaye way to chaos and corruption.”
6.6 / 10• 1949• 1h 41m•NR• English
ComedyMusicRomance
Storyline
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 & Crew
Danny Kaye
Georgi
Lead
Walter Slezak
Yakov
Barbara Bates
Leza
Elsa Lanchester
Maria
Gene Lockhart
The Mayor
Alan Hale
Kovatch
Walter Catlett
Colonel Castine
Rhys Williams
Inspector General
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Henry Koster's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Inspector General is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
