The Inspector General
An illiterate stooge from a traveling medicine show drifts into a peculiar town and is arrested on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general, believed to be traveling in disguise. Fearing he will uncover their embezzlement of tax revenue, they orchestrate a series of bungled attempts to kill him.
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Henry Koster
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Facts
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Danny Kaye's wife Sylvia Fine wrote the original songs 'The Inspector General' and 'Happy Times' specifically for this film.
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Composer Johnny Green won the 1949 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Score for his incidental music in the film.
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Warner Bros records show the film earned $2,154,000 domestically and an additional $1,756,000 in foreign markets.
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John Chard
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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The Inspector General FAQs
Henry Koster is the director of The Inspector General.
The cast of The Inspector General includes Nestor Paiva as Gregor (uncredited), Paul Newlan as Viertel (uncredited), Art Dupuis as Sentry (uncredited), Leonard Bremen as Lieutenant (uncredited), Joe Ploski as Bela (uncredited), Buddy Roosevelt as Sentry (uncredited), Arthur Tovey as Townsman (uncredited), Byron Foulger as Burbis (uncredited), Alan Hale as Kovatch, Ida Moore as Old Villager (uncredited), Herbert Heywood as Goatherd (uncredited), Jack Mower as Villager (uncredited), and more.
The duration of The Inspector General is 1h 41 mins.
Yes. You can watch the The Inspector General trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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The Inspector General was released on 31 Dec 1949.
The Inspector General is listed under Comedy and Romance on Fanbiz.
The Inspector General has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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..."
1. Danny Kaye's wife Sylvia Fine wrote the original songs 'The Inspector General' and 'Happy Times' specifically for this film. 2. Composer Johnny Green won the 1949 Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Score for his incidental music in the film. 3. Warner Bros records show the film earned $2,154,000 domestically and an additional $1,756,000 in foreign markets.
