The Inspector General (1949 film)
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The Inspector General (1949 film) is a 1949 musical comedy loosely based on Nikolai Gogol’s play "The Government Inspector," starring Danny Kaye as a mistaken official in a corrupt town.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Inspector General (1949 film) canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| adaptationType | loose adaptation ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy |
Bernard Herzbrun
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Nathan Juran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Government Inspector
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play by Nikolai Gogol ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Elwood Bredell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Yvonne Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Henry Koster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Warner Bros. Pictures
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surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| editedBy | Arthur P. Schmidt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| filmEditingStyle | classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| format | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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musical film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
mistaken identity
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political corruption ⓘ satire of bureaucracy ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacterGeorgi | Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Georgi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Johnny Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A wandering illiterate is mistaken for a powerful government inspector in a corrupt town. ⓘ |
| producer | Jerry Wald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | December 31, 1949 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1949 ⓘ |
| runtime | 102 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Everett Freeman
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Harry Kurnitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Rapp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | fictional Eastern European town ⓘ |
| sourceAuthor | Nikolai Gogol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Alan Hale Sr.
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Barbara Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ Elsa Lanchester NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Lockhart NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Slezak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starVehicleFor | Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Inspector General NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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