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
Cast
Danny Kaye
as Georgi
Walter Slezak
as Yakov
Barbara Bates
as Leza
Elsa Lanchester
as Maria
Gene Lockhart
as The Mayor
Alan Hale
as Kovatch
Walter Catlett
as Colonel Castine
Rhys Williams
as Inspector General
Benny Baker
as Telecki (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
as Lieutenant (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
as Turnkey (uncredited)
George Davis
as Ladislaus (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Burbis (uncredited)
Sam Hearn
as Gizzick (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
as Goatherd (uncredited)
Si Jenks
as Deaf Villager (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
as Villager (uncredited)
Marc Krah
as Gypsy (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
as Lazlo (uncredited)
Ida Moore
as Old Villager (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Villager (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
as Viertel - the Woodchopper (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
as Gregor (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
as Buxom Villager (uncredited)
Maudie Prickett
as Townwoman (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
as Sentry (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
as Sentry (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
as Townsman (uncredited)
Joan Vohs
as Peasant Girl (uncredited)
Jeff York
as Guard (uncredited)
Crew
Henry Koster
Director
Harry Kurnitz
Screenplay
Natalie Kalmus
Color Designer
Ben Hecht
Additional Writing
Jerry Wald
Producer
Johnny Green
Original Music Composer
Rudi Fehr
Editor
Travilla
Costume Design
Sylvia Fine
Associate Producer
Nikolai Gogol
Theatre Play
Edwin B. DuPar
Special Effects
Johnny Green
Music Director