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The Inspector General: Directed by Henry Koster. With Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester. A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Henry Koster
- 1949-12-31
The Inspector General is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film, suggested by the play by Nikolai Gogol. It stars Danny Kaye and was directed by Henry Koster. The film also stars Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, and Elsa Lanchester.
- $2,873,000
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Mar 5, 2024 · The Inspector General is a film adaptation of the famous play “The Government Inspector” by Russian playwright Nikolai Gogol. Directed by Henry Koster. The movie was directed by Henry Koster, a German-born American filmmaker known for his work in both drama and comedy genres. Released in 1949.
In eighteenth-century Hungary, the emperor Napoleon sends his inspector general throughout the country to uncover corruption and report back to him. In Brodny, Yakov, a traveling medicine salesman, and his assistant, Georgi, are demonstrating Yakov's special concoction, Golden Elixer.
- Henry Koster, Art Lueker
- Danny Kaye
Screenplay. Ben Hecht. Writer. 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.
Summaries. A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise. 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.
