
The Inspector General
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Initial release | New York |
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Directors | Henry Koster |
Story by | Nikolai Gogol |
Composers | Sylvia Fine |
Johnny Green | |
Screenplay | Ben Hecht |
Harry Kurnitz | |
Philip Rapp | |
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ID | 1128657 |
About The Inspector General
In this farcical Technicolor musical, snake oil salesman Georgi (Danny Kaye) is too honest for his own good. After his partner (Walter Slezak) fires him, the simple-minded Georgi wanders into a corrupt town where he is mistaken for a diplomat. As Georgi unknowingly enjoys his false identity, the townspeople make several botched attempts to assassinate him, believing he is a powerful politician. Matters get even more tangled, and amusing, when the real inspector general shows up. …