The Inspector General (1949 film)

The Inspector General
The Inspector General
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Henry Koster
Screenplay by	Philip Rapp; Harry Kurnitz
Based on	Suggested by the play by; Nikolai Gogol
Produced by	Jerry Wald
Starring	Danny Kaye; Walter Slezak; Barbara Bates; Elsa Lanchester
Cinematography	Elwood Bredell
Edited by	Rudi Fehr
Music by	Sylvia Fine; (lyrics and music); Johnny Green; (musical direction and incidental score)
Production; company	Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	December 31, 1949;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,873,000
Box office	$3,910,000; $2.2 million (US rentals)

The Inspector General is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, and Elsa Lanchester. Original music and lyrics are by the associate producer Sylvia Fine, who was married to Danny Kaye, with Johnny Green credited for musical direction and incidental score. The film is loosely based on Nikolai Gogol's play The Inspector General. The plot is re-located from the Russian Empire into an unspecified corrupted region of a European country that suddenly finds itself under the supervision of the First French Empire.

^ ^a ^b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See "Appendix 1". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15 (sup1): 30. 1995. doi:10.1080/01439689508604551.
^ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1950". Variety. January 3, 1951.