The Inspector General

December. 31,1949      NR
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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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