The Inspector General (1949)
The Inspector General (1949) - Comedy Movies 101 minutes. The Inspector General, Der Falsche Revisor, Der Generalinspektor, El inspector general. 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. corruption, escape, mayor, snake oil, medicine show
Released: Dec 31, 1949
Runtime: 101 minutes
Stars: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale
Crew: Henry Koster (Director), Harry Kurnitz (Screenplay), Philip Rapp (Screenplay), Elwood Bredell (Director of Photography), Mitchell Kovaleski (Color Assistant), Ben Hecht (Additional Writing)