The Inspector General (1949)

The Kaye way to chaos and corruption.

• Comedy
• Romance

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.

Rating

6.7 / 10 (60 votes)

Release date

December 31, 1949

Runtime

1h 41m

Language

English

Director

Henry Koster

Status

Released