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Arrogant elegant smart.

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Description: A town's corrupt officials think a fool is actually an investigator in disguise.

Cast:
Georgi: Danny Kaye
Yakov: Walter Slezak
Leza: Barbara Bates
Maria: Elsa Lanchester
The Mayor: Gene Lockhart
Kovatch: Alan Hale
Col. Castine: Walter Catlett
Inspector General: Rhys Williams
Villager: Tom Wilson
Telecki: Benny Baker
Party Guest: Dorothy Vernon
Sentry: Lester Sharpe
Lieutenant: Leonard Bremen
Peasant: Abe Dinovitch
Old Villager: Ida Moore
Turnkey: Jimmy Conlin
Townwoman: Maudie Prickett
Councilman's Wife: Audrey Winn
Ladislaus: George Davis
Burbis: Byron Foulger
Izzick: Lew Hearn
Gizzick: Sam Hearn
Goatherd: Herbert Heywood
Deaf Villager: Si Jenks
Gypsy: Marc Krah
Lazlo: Norman Leavitt
Viertel - the Woodchopper: Paul Newlan
Townsman: Arthur Tovey
Gregor: Nestor Paiva
Buxom Villager: Barbara Pepper
Bela: Joe Ploski
Peasant Girl: Joan Vohs
Guard: Jeff York

Written by: Philip Rapp, Harry Kurnitz, Nikolay Gogol

Director: Henry Koster

Production: Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures

Release date: 31 Dec 1949