Skip to content
HOLLYWOOD METRICS
HomeAboutCraftNewsAnalyticsScriptsBooksPricingAPIMCP
Catalog/Comedy/The Inspector General
The Inspector General poster
A
Excellent
MASTER SCORE 79.3 / 100
1949·Comedy / Musical / Romance·1h 42m

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

“The Kaye way to chaos and corruption.”

An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.

Above the Line
Henry Koster·DirectorPhilip Rapp·ScreenplayHarry Kurnitz·ScreenplayElwood Bredell·Director of PhotographyJohnny Green·Original Music ComposerRudi Fehr·Editor
Cast
Danny Kaye·GeorgiWalter Slezak·YakovBarbara Bates·LezaElsa Lanchester·MariaGene Lockhart·The MayorAlan Hale·KovatchWalter Catlett·Colonel CastineRhys Williams·Inspector GeneralBenny Baker·Telecki (uncredited)Leonard Bremen·Lieutenant (uncredited)
Full Crew
(27 credits)
Directing· 2
Henry Koster·DirectorArthur Lueker·Assistant Director
Writing· 3
Philip Rapp·ScreenplayHarry Kurnitz·ScreenplayNikolai Gogol·Theatre Play
Camera· 4
Elwood Bredell·Director of PhotographyStanley Young·GripEugene Richee·Still PhotographerGeorge Gordon Nogle·Camera Operator
Editing· 2
Rudi Fehr·EditorMitchell Kovaleski·Color Assistant
Sound & Music· 3
Johnny Green·Original Music ComposerJohnny Green·Music DirectorC.A. Riggs·Sound
Art & Design· 4
Robert M. Haas·Art DirectionTravilla·Costume DesignFred M. MacLean·Set DecorationPerc Westmore·Makeup Artist
Production· 3
Jerry Wald·ProducerSylvia Fine·Associate ProducerAl Alleborn·Production Manager
Other Departments· 6
Ben Hecht·Additional WritingNatalie Kalmus·Color DesignerEugene Loring·ChoreographerSaul Butner·GafferBert LeBaron·StuntsEdwin B. DuPar·Special Effects
By the Numbers
79.3
OF 100
Master Score
6.7
OF 10
IMDb
91%
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
—
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
Where to Watch

THE AVAILABILITY MAP

The canonical record of where this film lives across the streaming map.

Provider Index In Progress

Streaming, rental, and purchase availability for this title is being ingested from the TMDB watch-providers feed and will appear here once the next catalog refresh runs. Until then, the canonical source links below remain the fastest route.

Find on TMDB
Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind The Inspector General's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
#CC0000
#FFCC33
#333333
Mood
Comedic, Boisterous
Composition
Centered
Era
1940s 1950s
Visual Style
Photographic

“A man with light brown, wavy hair and a dark uniform jacket with gold trim and epaulets is depicted from the chest up against a red background. He is winking wi”

comedy
Key Elements
Uniform JacketOnion Domes
Atmosphere
Vibrant, Warm
Color Mood
Warm
Setting
Abstract
Design Score
7/10
More Like This

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Neighboring films in the catalog's similarity graph.

Keep Going

THREE WAYS DEEPER

Auteur
AUT
MORE BY HENRY KOSTER

Every catalog entry where Henry Koster is credited as director.

Open
Family
GEN
MORE COMEDY

Top-ranked films inside comedy, sorted by master score.

Open
Era
DEC
MORE FROM THE 1940S

The best films of the 1940s, ranked across every available metric.

Open
View on IMDbView on TMDBCatalog
HOLLYWOOD METRICS

The definitive mathematical oracle for cinematic success and creative script intelligence.

74,000+ Films100 Years1.1M+ Reviews
PRODUCT
  • Dashboard
  • Pricing
  • Script Analysis
  • Watch the Demo
  • The Red List
  • News
  • Analytics
  • API
  • MCP Connector
COMPANY
  • About
  • Track Record
  • Trust & Script Privacy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
CONNECT
  • ▶YouTube
  • ◉Instagram
  • ♪TikTok
  • @Threads
  • fFacebook
Get Started Free →
© 2026 Hollywood Metrics. All rights reserved.Powered by bespoke agents and autonomous agentic workflows