Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1949-12-31) |
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| Awards: | 1 win |
| Screen: | Philip Rapp, Harry Kurnitz, Nikolay Gogol |
| Productions: | Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Crews
- 33064: Henry Koster - Director - Directing
- 17843: Harry Kurnitz - Screenplay - Writing
- 195975: Philip Rapp - Screenplay - Writing
- 103050: Elwood Bredell - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1759299: Mitchell Kovaleski - Color Assistant - Editing
- 1361978: Natalie Kalmus - Color Designer - Visual Effects
- 4341: Ben Hecht - Additional Writing - Crew
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Reviews
John Chard
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Oh, I have no wife. None of my family had wives. My father didn't like wives. I mean, my mother didn't like my father's wives. Danny Kaye was a wonderful performer, he would sing, dance, tell jokes, turn his face into rubber and just generally come off as a quality humanitarian. ....
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