The Inspector General
The Kaye way to chaos and corruption.
6.6(58) 1949-12-31 101 minComedyRomance
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.
DirectorHenry Koster
ScreenplayPhilip Rapp
ScreenplayHarry Kurnitz
ProducerJerry Wald
Original Music ComposerJohnny Green
Cast & characters
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)
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Robert Cherry
as Peasant (uncredited)
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Frank Conlan
as OId Villager (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
as Turnkey (uncredited)
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Helena Dare
as Townwoman (uncredited)
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Bryn Davis
as Councilman's Wife (uncredited)
George Davis
as Ladislaus (uncredited)
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Abe Dinovitch
as Peasant (uncredited)
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Art Dupuis
as Sentry (uncredited)
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Robert Filmer
as Sentry (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
as Burbis (uncredited)
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Karen Hale
as Councilman's Wife (uncredited)
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Lew Hearn
as Izzick (uncredited)
Sam Hearn
as Gizzick (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
as Goatherd (uncredited)
