The Inspector General
Description
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.
Stars
Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart
Runtime
101 minutes
Release Date
December 31, 1949
Rating
6.6/10 (56 votes)