The Inspector General
Warner Bros., 1949, Color, 102 minutes, ***
Released December, 1949
Hysterical comedy, based on the Gogol play, stars Danny Kaye as a medicine show flunkie who's mistaken for a high-ranking government agent by the corrupt officials of a small European village. Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester co-star.
Produced by: Jerry Wald
Directed by: Henry Koster
Associate Producer: Sylvia Fine
Screen Play by: Philip Rapp and Harry Kurnitz
Suggested by the play by Nikolai Gogol
Lyrics and Music by: Sylvia Fine
Musical Direction and Incidental Score by: Johnny Green
Choreographed by: Eugene Loring
Art Director: Robert Haas
Set Decorator: Fred M. MacLean
Costumes by: Travilla
Makeup Artist: Perc Westmore
Sound by: C. A. Riggs
Director of Photography: Elwood Bredell
Special Effects: Edwin DuPar
Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus
Associate: Mitchell Kovaleski
Film Editor: Rudi Fehr
Cast: Danny Kaye [Georgi], Walter Slezak [Yakov], Barbara Bates [Leza], Elsa Lanchester [Maria], Gene Lockhart [The Mayor], Alan Hale [Kovatch], Walter Catlett [Col. Castine], Rhys Williams [Inspector General], Benny Baker [Telecki], Norman Leavitt [Laszlo], Sam Hearn [Gizzick], Lew Hearn [Izzick], Byron Foulger [Burbis], Lennie Bremen [Lieutenant], Nestor Paiva [Gregor]
Musical Program: [0:06] Yakov's Elixir (sung by Danny Kaye with Walter Slezak and Gypsys); [0:40] Brodny (sung by Chorus as Villagers onscreen); [0:46] Soliloquy for Three Heads (sung by Danny Kaye); [1:02] Happy Times (sung by Danny Kaye); [1:19] Drink Gypsy (sung by Danny Kaye)
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