The Inspector General

Synopsis

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.

Director

Henry Koster

Written by

Harry Kurnitz

Music

Johnny Green

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Released

31 December 1949

Genres

Comedy, Romance