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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| Directing | Henry Koster | Director |
| Writing | Harry Kurnitz | Screenplay |
| Writing | Philip Rapp | Screenplay |
| Camera | Elwood Bredell | Director of Photography |
| Art | Robert M. Haas | Art Direction |
| Production | Jerry Wald | Producer |
| Sound | Johnny Green | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Rudi Fehr | Editor |
| Art | Fred M. MacLean | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travilla | Costume Design |
| Production | Sylvia Fine | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Nikolai Gogol | Theatre Play |
| Crew | Edwin B. DuPar | Special Effects |
| Sound | Johnny Green | Music Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Perc Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | C.A. Riggs | Sound |
| Crew | Eugene Loring | Choreographer |