The Inspector General
The Inspector General is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film, suggested by the play by Nikolai Gogol. 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.
Plot
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 country that suddenly finds itself under the supervision of the First French Empire.
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| author | Ben Hecht Harry Kurnitz Philip Rapp |
|---|---|
| award | Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score |
| contentLocation | France |
| director | Henry Koster |
| editor | Rudi Fehr |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | arrest budapest chief of police corrupt mayor elixir feedbag first french empire gypsy kill medicine show nikolai gogol police chief romani people russian empire small town the government inspector the inspector general |
| musicBy | Johnny Green Sylvia Fine |
| nomination | Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score |
| producer | Jerry Wald Sylvia Fine |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| theme | musical comedy |