
Casablanca(1943)
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.


“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.

Danny Kaye
Georgi

Walter Slezak
Yakov

Barbara Bates
Leza

Elsa Lanchester
Maria

Gene Lockhart
The Mayor

Alan Hale
Kovatch

Walter Catlett
Colonel Castine

Rhys Williams
Inspector General

Benny Baker
Telecki (uncredited)

Leonard Bremen
Lieutenant (uncredited)
The Inspector General is a comedy, music, romance film released in 1949 exploring themes of corruption, escape, mayor, snake oil, medicine show. Directed by Henry Koster, it stars Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates. 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.
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