A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise.A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise.A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise.
- Awards
- 1 win
- Telecki
- (uncredited)
- Villager
- (uncredited)
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Sentry
- (uncredited)
- Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
- Villager
- (uncredited)
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Sentry
- (uncredited)
- Peasant
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe song "Happy Times", written for this film, was a recording hit for numerous artists during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
- 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
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,873,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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