corruption,escape,mayor,snake oil,medicine show

The Inspector General (1949)

Poster for The Inspector General

The Kaye way to chaos and corruption.

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

Director
Henry Koster
  • Profile picture of Danny Kaye
    Georgi Danny Kaye
  • Profile picture of Walter Slezak
    Yakov Walter Slezak
  • Profile picture of Barbara Bates
    Leza Barbara Bates
  • Profile picture of Elsa Lanchester
    Maria Elsa Lanchester
  • Profile picture of Gene Lockhart
    The Mayor Gene Lockhart
  • Profile picture of Alan Hale
    Kovatch Alan Hale
  • Profile picture of Walter Catlett
    Colonel Castine Walter Catlett
  • Profile picture of Rhys Williams
    Inspector General Rhys Williams

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Keywords

  • corruption
  • escape
  • mayor
  • snake oil
  • medicine show