The Inspector General

1949 · 101 min · EN · NR · 6.3 (47 votes)

Dir. Henry Koster · Starring Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale · Music Johnny Green

“The Kaye way to chaos and corruption.”

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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.

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A rollicking, laugh-out-loud musical comedy where mistaken identity fuels a chaotic farce. Expect witty songs, broad humor, and a delightful, energetic romp through a town rife with corruption.

hilarioussatiricalenergeticcharmingsteadymusical comedyslapstickperiod piececorruptiondeceptionclassmistaken identity

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