The Inspector General
The Inspector General
Release: 1949-12-31
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 6.5
Comedy
Music
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. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
First National Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Barbara Pepper
as Buxom Villager (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
as Sentry (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
Ida Moore
as Old Villager (uncredited)
Maudie Prickett
as Townwoman (uncredited)
Marc Krah
as Gypsy (uncredited)
Danny Kaye
as Georgi
Rhys Williams
as Inspector General
Jimmy Conlin
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Sam Hearn
as Gizzick (uncredited)
Barbara Bates
as Leza
Alan Hale
as Kovatch
Herbert Heywood
as Goatherd (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
as Sentry (uncredited)
Elsa Lanchester
as Maria
Walter Catlett
as Colonel Castine
Paul Newlan
as Viertel - the Woodchopper (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
as Gregor (uncredited)
George Davis
as Ladislaus (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
as Lazlo (uncredited)
Walter Slezak
as Yakov
Byron Foulger
as Burbis (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Villager (uncredited)
Joan Vohs
as Peasant Girl (uncredited)
Benny Baker
as Telecki (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Townsman (uncredited)
Jeff York
as Guard (uncredited)
Gene Lockhart
as The Mayor
Si Jenks
as Deaf Villager (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
as Villager (uncredited)
Crew
Harry Kurnitz
Screenplay
Nikolai Gogol
Theatre Play
Natalie Kalmus
Color Designer
Jerry Wald
Producer
Johnny Green
Original Music Composer, Music Director
Ben Hecht
Additional Writing
Rudi Fehr
Editor
Henry Koster
Director
Sylvia Fine
Associate Producer
Travilla
Costume Design
Edwin B. DuPar
Special Effects