The Inspector General

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Danny Kaye

Georgi

Age : 76 | Popularity : 3%

Walter Slezak

Yakov

Age : 80 | Popularity : 8%

Barbara Bates

Leza

Age : 43 | Popularity : 5%

Elsa Lanchester

Maria

Age : 84 | Popularity : 7%

Gene Lockhart

The Mayor

Age : 65 | Popularity : 7%

Alan Hale

Kovatch

Age : 57 | Popularity : 11%

Walter Catlett

Colonel Castine

Age : 71 | Popularity : 7%

Rhys Williams

Inspector General

Age : 71 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Perc Westmore Frank McCoy
	Costume Design	Travilla
	Hairstylist	Leonora Sabine
Writing	Writer	Ben Hecht
	Screenplay	Harry Kurnitz Philip Rapp
	Theatre Play	Nikolai Gogol
Editing	Editor	Rudi Fehr
Sound	Sound	C.A. Riggs
	Sound Editor	Treg Brown
	Original Music Composer	Johnny Green
	Music Director	Johnny Green
Art	Set Decoration	Fred M. MacLean
	Art Direction	Robert M. Haas
Production	Producer	Jerry Wald
	Associate Producer	Sylvia Fine
	Production Manager	Al Alleborn
Directing	Director	Henry Koster
	Assistant Director	Arthur Lueker
	Script Supervisor	William J. Hole Jr.
Camera	Director of Photography	Elwood Bredell
	Camera Operator	George Gordon Nogle
	Still Photographer	Eugene Richee
	Grip	Stanley Young
Crew	Special Effects	Edwin B. DuPar
	Stunts	Bert LeBaron
	Choreographer	Eugene Loring
Lighting	Gaffer	Saul Butner
Department	Role	Name

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