About this title: The satirical bite of Gogol's play The Government Inspector is dispensed with in favor of traditional Danny Kaye buffoonery in The Inspector General. Kaye plays the illiterate stooge of two-bit medicine-show- entrepreneur Walter Slezak. Abandoned by Slezak, the starving Kaye wanders into a corruption-ridden Russian village, which is all geared up for a visit from the Inspector General. Mistaking Kaye for that selfsame royal inspector, the townsfolk fawn on the confused Kaye, granting him his every whim and plying him with all sorts of bribes. In the original Gogol play, the boorish phony ...
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Format: VHS TAPE
Studio: Alpha Video
UPC:089218330413
Description: Fine. 089218330413 A quality VHS tape in like new condition. Some shelf wear to the package but the VHS itself remains intact. HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN VIEWED. read more
Format: DVD
Studio: Unicorn Video
Date: 09/09/2003
UPC:648320410552
Description: Danny Kaye. Fine. 1949 Run time: 101. FAST FIRST CLASS MAIL SHIPPING ***** LIKE NEW CONDITION **** ***** FREE FIRST CLASS SHIPPING UPGRADE ON ALL SINGLE CD AND DVD ***** GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE ***** TOLL FREE NUMBER ***** YOU MUST BE SATISFIED OR YOU WILL GET FULL REFUND ***** read more
Format: DVD
Screen format: Full Screen
Studio: K-Tel Entertainment
UPC:057299707493
Description: New. 057299707493 Brand new DVD. Original factory shrinkwrap. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Great customer service and a no problem, EZ return policy. Real people, real service, since 1981. read more
Description: Very good. VHS. Excellent Condition Movie & clamshell. By Video Classics. 1984. 102 minutes. With Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Lanchester & Lockhart. NOT an Ex-library copy. read more
Format: VHS
Studio: Direct Source Special Products
Date: 10/08/2001
UPC:779836408259
Description: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barba. New. 1949 Will Ship US Media Mail with delivery confirmation IN excellent condition in and out. read more
Description: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Alan Hale, Gene Lockhart, Walter Catlett, Rhys Williams. New in new packaging. 1949 Run time: 102. Hysterical comedy about a goofy carnival medicine man who is mistaken by a corrupt village as their feared Inspector General. While half the villagers fawn over him, the other half plot to get rid of him before he finds out about all their double-dealing. Based on the play by Nikolai Gogol. read more
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