The Inspector General

Danny Kaye plays an illiterate buffoon mistaken for royalty in this whimsical satirical musical comedy.
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item number:  G64G
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  • Suggested by the play by Nikolai Gogol
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 40 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: October 7, 2003
  • Originally Released: 1949
  • Label: Alpha Video

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User Ratings: 3,083
Sharper cutting could have made it a delight; it's still passable entertainment. Full Review
Associated Press
Jul 25, 2019
Rating: 3/5 -- If you can stand Kaye (oh for a tranquilizer gun!), this one's not bad.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Oct 2, 2003
Rating: 4/5 -- Danny Kaye has some hilarious moments.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Feb 18, 2008

Description by OLDIES.com:

The Inspector General is a Technicolor tour-de-force for Danny Kaye, who stars as Georgi, a goodhearted soul traveling with a medicine show. Customers are promised the best of health when they purchase a bottle of phony magic elixir, but Georgi's conscience won't allow him to go along with the ruse. Kicked out of the show, Georgi stumbles into a village where he is mistaken for the Inspector General. The corrupt mayor, anxious to protect his monopoly of power, attempts to bribe the illiterate vagabond. The bewildered Georgi soon finds himself the target of an assassination plot! The delightfully extravagant musical interludes earned the film a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Score.

Product Description:

When a town clown (Danny Kaye) is forced to impersonate a visiting inspector general, he soon becomes the target for murder and mayhem. This charming musical, based on the play REVIZOR by Russian dramatist Nikolai Gogol, features the inimitable comic jester Danny Kaye, and talented stars such as Barbara Bates and Alan Hale.

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Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 10,775
  • UPC: 089218604194
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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