The Inspector General

The Inspector General (1949)

Genres - Comedy, Music, Romance  |   Sub-Genres - Musical  |   Release Date - Dec 31, 1949  |   Run Time - 102 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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The Inspector General is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film. It stars Danny Kaye and was directed by Henry Koster. The film also stars Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, and Elsa Lanchester. Original music and lyrics are by the associate producer Sylvia Fine, who was married to Danny Kaye, with Johnny Green credited for musical direction and incidental score. The film is loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's play The Inspector General. The plot is re-located from the Russian Empire into an unspecified corrupted region of a European country that suddenly finds itself under the supervision of the First French Empire.

Movie Info

Budget

$2,873,000

Themes

Tags

Corruption, Escape, Government Inspector, Inspector General, Justice, Mayor, Medicine Show, Snake Oil

Attributes

Based On: based on The Government Inspector, The Government Inspector
Narrative Location: France

Alternate Titles

A főfelügyelő
HU
De inspecteur Generaal
NL
Der Falsche Revisor
DE
Der Generalinspektor
AT, DE
El inspector general
AR, MX, ES
Es lebe der Herr Bürgermeister
CH
Genel Müfettiş
TR
Generalinspektören
FI
Generalinspektøren
DK, NO
Happy Times
, US
Inspector General
SE
Inspectorul general
RO
Inspetor Geral
BR
L'ispettore generale
IT
O Inspector Geral
PT
O Inspetor Geral
BR
Polisinspektören
SE
Revizorul
RO
Rewizor
PL
Tarkastaja
FI
The Inspector General
AU, CA, NL, GB, US
Tomtar på loftet
SE
Valetarkastaja
FI
Vive monsieur le maire
BE, CA
Vive Monsieur le maire!
FR
Γενικός επιθεωρητής
GR
Ο κύριος επιθεωρητής
GR
Генеральний інспектор
UA
検察官閣下
JP