The Inspector General

Based On the book by Nikolai Gogol

The Inspector General is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Danny Kaye, 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. 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 corrupt region of a European country that suddenly finds itself under the supervision of the First French Empire.

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Release date:

1950

Director:

Henry Koster

Cast:

Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Gene Lockhart, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester

Genre:

Comedy, Musical

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1950 in adaptations