---
title: 'The Inspector General (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Henry Koster'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-inspector-general-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041509/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Inspector General (1950)

1950 · 102 min · Comedy, Music · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Henry Koster](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-koster)
- **Screenplay:** [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [Harry Kurnitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-kurnitz), [Philip Rapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-rapp)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sylvia Fine](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvia-fine), [Johnny Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-green-2)
- **Producer:** [Sylvia Fine](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvia-fine), [Jerry Wald](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-wald)
- **Director of Photography:** [Elwood Bredell](https://cinepixo.com/people/elwood-bredell)
- **Editor:** [Rudi Fehr](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudi-fehr)

## Cast

- [Walter Catlett](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-catlett)
- [Gene Lockhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-lockhart)
- [Walter Slezak](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-slezak)
- [Benny Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/benny-baker)
- [Byron Foulger](https://cinepixo.com/people/byron-foulger)
- [Alan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hale)
- [Danny Kaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-kaye)
- [Barbara Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-bates)
- [Rhys Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhys-williams)
- [Elsa Lanchester](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-lanchester)

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