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.
Details
Release Date: December 31, 1949
Runtime: 101 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 6.5/10 (52 votes)
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Cast
Danny Kaye
Georgi
Walter Slezak
Yakov
Barbara Bates
Leza
Elsa Lanchester
Maria
Gene Lockhart
The Mayor
Alan Hale
Kovatch
Walter Catlett
Colonel Castine
Rhys Williams
Inspector General
Benny Baker
Telecki (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Turnkey (uncredited)
George Davis
Ladislaus (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Burbis (uncredited)
Herbert Heywood
Goatherd (uncredited)
Si Jenks
Deaf Villager (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Villager (uncredited)
Marc Krah
Gypsy (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Lazlo (uncredited)
Ida Moore
Old Villager (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Villager (uncredited)
Paul Newlan
Viertel - the Woodchopper (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva
Gregor (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Buxom Villager (uncredited)
Maudie Prickett
Townwoman (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
Sentry (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
Sentry (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Townsman (uncredited)
Joan Vohs
Peasant Girl (uncredited)
Jeff York
Guard (uncredited)