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 |
| Sound | Johnny Green | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Sylvia Fine | Associate Producer |
| Production | Jerry Wald | Producer |
| Editing | Rudi Fehr | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travilla | Costume Design |
| Art | Fred M. MacLean | Set Decoration |
| Art | Robert M. Haas | Art Direction |
| Crew | Edwin B. DuPar | Special Effects |
| Camera | Stanley Young | Grip |
| Camera | Eugene Richee | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Perc Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Eugene Loring | Choreographer |
| Sound | C.A. Riggs | Sound |
| Sound | Johnny Green | Music Director |
| Directing | Arthur Lueker | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Bert LeBaron | Stunts |
| Writing | Nikolai Gogol | Theatre Play |
| Camera | George Gordon Nogle | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Saul Butner | Gaffer |
| Production | Al Alleborn | Production Manager |
| Crew | Ben Hecht | Additional Writing |
| Visual Effects | Natalie Kalmus | Color Designer |
| Editing | Mitchell Kovaleski | Color Assistant |
