The Inspector General

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The Inspector General

film by Koster [1949]

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Henry Koster
Films of the 1940s
The popular The Inspector General (1949) featured Danny Kaye in a musical interpretation of Nikolay Gogol’s play.
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The popular The Inspector General (1949) featured Danny Kaye in a musical interpretation of Nikolay Gogol’s play.
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Danny Kaye
Kaye’s other standout films included The Inspector General (1949), in which he portrayed an illiterate medicine-show buffoon mistaken for the title character; Hans Christian Andersen (1952), featuring Kaye in a highly romanticized portrayal of the Danish master of fairy tales; White Christmas (1954), a perennial holiday favourite featuring Kaye and…
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Kaye’s other standout films included The Inspector General (1949), in which he portrayed an illiterate medicine-show buffoon mistaken for the title character; Hans Christian Andersen (1952), featuring Kaye in a highly romanticized portrayal of the Danish master of fairy tales; White Christmas (1954), a perennial holiday favourite featuring Kaye and…
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