

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.

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)
Robert Cherry
Peasant (uncredited)
Frank Conlan
OId Villager (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin
Turnkey (uncredited)
Helena Dare
Townwoman (uncredited)
Bryn Davis
Councilman's Wife (uncredited)

George Davis
Ladislaus (uncredited)
Abe Dinovitch
Peasant (uncredited)
Art Dupuis
Sentry (uncredited)
Robert Filmer
Sentry (uncredited)

Byron Foulger
Burbis (uncredited)
Henry Koster
Harry Kurnitz, Philip Rapp
Released