The Inspector General

The Inspector General stars Danny Kaye as Georgi, an illiterate member of a traveling medicine show who escapes to a mysterious town after accidentally revealing that the elixir they're selling is a fraud. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the Inspector General whom they believe is traveling in disguise. Kaye's wife, Sylvia Fine wrote the original songs The Inspector General and Happy Times, both sung by Kaye in the film.