First National Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
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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.
- Original title
- The Inspector General
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
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John Chard
Mar 25, 2020 · via TMDB
Oh, I have no wife. None of my family had wives. My father didn't like wives. I mean, my mother didn't like my father's wives. Danny Kaye was a wonderful performer, he would sing, dance, tell jokes, turn his face into rubber and just generally come off as a quality humanitarian. The Inspector General showcases all of those talents. Directed by Henry Koster, The Inspector General is loosely adapted from Nikolai Gogol's classic Russian story, and it finds Kaye as a stooge of Walter Slezak's iffy tonic peddler who is mistaken by iffy officials of a small Russian town for the much feared and respected Inspector General. Cue mistaken identity mayhem as the music numbers, gags, visual contortions and all round slapstick ensues. Also along for the ride are Elsa Lanchester, Alan Hale, Barbara Bates and Gene Lockhart. It's more a safe and solid Kaye movie for the family to enjoy, rather than a high end classic like The Court Jester, but sometimes the high energy jinks of Kaye is all you need to lift the blues away. 7/10
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Danny Kaye
Georgi
Walter Slezak
Yakov
Barbara Bates
Leza
Elsa Lanchester
Maria
Gene Lockhart
The Mayor
Alan Hale
Kovatch
Walter Catlett
Colonel Castine
Rhys Williams
Inspector General
Benny Baker
Telecki (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Turnkey (uncredited)
George Davis
Ladislaus (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Burbis (uncredited)
Sam Hearn
Gizzick (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Goatherd (uncredited)
Si Jenks
Deaf Villager (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Villager (uncredited)
Marc Krah
Gypsy (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Lazlo (uncredited)
Ida Moore
Old Villager (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Villager (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Viertel - the Woodchopper (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
Gregor (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Buxom Villager (uncredited)
Maudie Prickett
Townwoman (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
Sentry (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
Sentry (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Townsman (uncredited)
Joan Vohs
Peasant Girl (uncredited)
Jeff York
Guard (uncredited)
Travilla
Costume Design
Ben Hecht
Additional Writing
Edwin B. DuPar
Special Effects
Henry Koster
Director
Rudi Fehr
Editor
Sylvia Fine
Associate Producer
Jerry Wald
Producer
Johnny Green
Music Director
Johnny Green
Original Music Composer
Natalie Kalmus
Color Designer
Harry Kurnitz
Screenplay
Nikolai Gogol
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Earthly Possessions
Pleasures of the Flesh
Escape from Planet Earth
The Lady and the Tramp
Goodbye Lover
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Golden Balls
Loafer
Nobody Knows Anything!
The Things With The Glowing Green Eyes
México Bravo - La Candidata
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How to Steal a Million
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Dec 30, 1949
New York City, New York
Dec 31, 1949
May 5, 1995
"The Inspector General / The Gold Rush" (Double Cassette) Madacy Music Group #LAF-3-6313 [VHS] 100 minutes / 82 minutes
