The Inspector General

This is a movie! Danny Kaye is one of the lost gems. His movies are almost all classics. Whatever they lacked on the drawing board, he added to. This one was a classic story line guaranteed to be great. Some... Full review

Danny Kaye's films with Samuel Goldwyn established him as a leading movie comedian - singer from 1944 through the late 1940s. For a number of years after he continued his popularity without Goldwyn in films like "Knock on Wood", "The... Full review

It is easy to see that this film was intended to be more of a vehicle for Danny Kaye's comedy antics than a fully developed and deep farce, but even so it is entertaining to watch, with some good tunes... Full review

An illiterate(Danny Kaye) along with his boss(Walter Slezak)are wandering and acting as medicine men into a provincial town wherein panic when he's detained as vagrancy charge but he's misidentified as a feared Inspector General who come to check up on... Full review

Hysterical. Danny Kaye is a comedy genius.The Gypsy song was the best part of the film. (Zummm-shtok-shtok-hahaha) This is worth a look for this scene alone. It was fun watching the crowd get into it. I'd guess that scene was... Full review

Danny Kaye is absolutely phenomenal in this movie! Be it the silly patter songs, slapstick at its purest, his quick timing, his wide-eyed innocent reactions to the corruption of the councilmen, or his heartwarming moments of honesty and warmth. He... Full review

***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS*** Before you read this I want to tell you that I hope my English is good because I am Dutch. The Inspector General is one of those real Danny Kaye movies. I think that most of the youngsters... Full review

I loved it as a kid and i love it even more now. This is a classic movie about mistaken identity, which inspired so many later movies. A tramp (Danny Kaye) is mistaken for the Inspector General by the corrupt... Full review

A pleasant farce with a fine cast, "The Inspector General" gives Danny Kaye a chance to show off his many talents, and also tells a story that is quite humorous as long as you do not take it too seriously.Kaye... Full review

This is a nice little bit of fluff. It has more Gogol in it than you might expect. It's not really tha-a-at good, but I gave it a 7 because it's *completely* harmless, and really, Danny Kaye is so lively... Full review

In the original Gogol play, the boorish phony inspector takes advantage of the villagers' error by laying waste to the town and seducing a few local maidens; in the film, Kaye is as pure as the driven borscht, as is his true love (Barbara Bates), the only honest person in town. ... Full Review

Rated PG for bathroom humor and a running gag about misidentified feminine hygeine products. Review: Yes, Gloria Sweeney is funny but Pat, her recurring androgynous misfit from the one-joke SNL skit is merely confusing. ... Full Article