

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.
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Cast

Danny Kaye
Georgi

Walter Slezak
Yakov

Barbara Bates
Leza

Elsa Lanchester
Maria

Gene Lockhart
The Mayor

Alan Hale
Kovatch

Walter Catlett
Colonel Castine

Rhys Williams
Inspector General

Benny Baker
Telecki (uncredited)

Leonard Bremen
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Robert Cherry
Peasant (uncredited)
Frank Conlan
OId Villager (uncredited)
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