Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- Henry Koster
- Writers
- Harry Kurnitz, Philip Rapp
- Release Year
- 1949
- Runtime
- 101 minutes
- Genre
- Comedy, Music, Romance
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (58 votes)
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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.
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