The Inspector General

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Danny Kaye Georgi

Walter Slezak Yakov

Barbara Bates Leza

Elsa Lanchester Maria

Gene Lockhart The Mayor