Synopsis

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.

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)

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Robert Cherry

Peasant (uncredited)

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Frank Conlan

OId Villager (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin

Turnkey (uncredited)

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Helena Dare

Townwoman (uncredited)

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Bryn Davis

Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

George Davis

Ladislaus (uncredited)

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Abe Dinovitch

Peasant (uncredited)

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Art Dupuis

Sentry (uncredited)

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Robert Filmer

Sentry (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Burbis (uncredited)

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Karen Hale

Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

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Lew Hearn

Izzick (uncredited)

Sam Hearn

Gizzick (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Goatherd (uncredited)

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