Danny Kaye
Georgi
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Synopsis
An honest admission gets a travelling salesman expelled from a dishonest troupe. Hungry and alone, he reaches a town where corrupt officials mistake him for an important inspector. Their fear turns a powerless stranger into the centre of an elaborate attempt at self-protection.
Cast
DirectorsHenry Koster
Inspirations
Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector provides the mistaken-identity structure. Danny Kaye's musical and comic performance reshapes the stage satire around a naïve outsider rather than an authoritative investigator.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Danny Kaye — Wikiwatcher1 at en.wikipedia · Public domain
- Walter Slezak — Franz Xaver Setzer · Public domain
- Barbara Bates — film screenshot (United Artists) · Public domain
- Elsa Lanchester — Unknown author · Public domain
