- Director
- Writers
- Philip Rapp(screenplay)
- Harry Kurnitz(screenplay)
- Nikolay Gogol(suggested by a play by)
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- Director
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- Philip Rapp(screenplay)
- Harry Kurnitz(screenplay)
- Nikolay Gogol(suggested by a play by)
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- Telecki
- (uncredited)
- Villager
- (uncredited)
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Sentry
- (uncredited)
- Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
- Villager
- (uncredited)
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Sentry
- (uncredited)
- Peasant
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Philip Rapp(screenplay)
- Harry Kurnitz(screenplay)
- Nikolay Gogol(suggested by a play by)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNikolay Gogol's play, "The Inspector General" opened in St. Petersburg, Russia. in April 1836.
- GoofsWhen Yakov first reads the note from Leza we can see it says "They are trying to kill you. Don't go near the barn." Later, when the woodchopper reads it he says "Don't go near the barn. They are trying to kill you."
- Quotes
Georgi: Be big, be strong, be firm, says Yakov! But if it doesn't work - whose neck will they jerk? Whose block will they knock off? Not Yakov. Be an Inspector General... What does an Inspector General do, inspect generals? No. An Inspector General generally inspects, that is... they expect him to inspect generally; if they're inspecting an Inspector General. But an exceptionally generous Inspector General who made an exception and had no inspection, would cause suspicion, which in my condition, I couldn't accept... Thank you. However... If people are suspecting, now expect - without detecting, an imposter who's not posted as a pedigreed inspector... could this palpable imposter stay a gypsy, an accoster, could he possibly get past them by his posture? In two words - un-likely. So, it is not a question of, to flee or not to flee, but to be or not to be, and if so... How? Should I be elegant? Should I be arrogant? Should I be smart? A roaring Russian Hussar, or very British empire? Or like the KGB in Nice, who already eats the cheese, while he says, 'No thank you please.' Be smart! I must examine every side of me; the long, the narrow, the wide of me, The Dr. Jekyll and the Hyde of me. If I value my anatomy, the skinny and the fat of me, how shall I start to play the part? Should I be elegant? Arrogant? Or smart?
- ConnectionsEdited into Your Afternoon Movie: Inspector General (2022)
- SoundtracksThe Medicine Show
(1949) (uncredited)
(aka "Yakov's Elixir")
Music and Lyrics by Sylvia Fine
Played by Musicians at the Medicine Show
Sung by Danny Kaye
Variations played in the score
Kaye plays Georgi, an illiterate traveling huckster who helps his boss Yakov (Walter Slezak) sell useless medicines to gullible peasants. (The sequence where they try to sell their "elixir" is one of the movie's best scenes.) Georgi visits a small town, where through a series of coincidences, he is mistaken by the town's leaders for the Inspector General, an important official with sweeping powers to punish and reform. Half of the town fawns on him, while the other half panics over what he will discover in his "inspection". Kaye just wants to leave town before they figure out who he really is, but plenty of complications arise that keep things going for quite a while.
Kaye gets to sing, dance, and generally entertain the audience. The supporting cast is filled with fine character actors like Gene Lockhart, Elsa Lanchester, and Alan Hale, who add to the humor. Not a lot of big laughs, but a steady stream of good-natured comedy all the way through.
This is an enjoyable movie recommended for anyone who likes musical comedy.
- Snow Leopard
- Jun 12, 2001
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,873,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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