Title: The Inspector General Summary: A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise. Directed by: Henry Koster Actors: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates Production Company: Warner Bros. Release Date: 31 December 1949 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 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.
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