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The Inspector General (1949)

Film · 1949 · 101 min · NR · Comedy · Romance

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.

Directed by Henry Koster

Starring Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale, Walter Catlett, Rhys Williams

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In cinemas31 December 1949
Digital releaseNot listed
Physical release5 May 1995
First release anywhere31 December 1949

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