The Inspector General vs Yesterday
Yesterday has the higher audience score (6.7/10 against 6.6/10 for The Inspector General). The Inspector General is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 56m. The Inspector General is the older of the two (1949 against 2019). Both are comedy, music, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| The Inspector General | Yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 1949 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 56m |
| Genres | Comedy, Music, Romance | Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Henry Koster | Danny Boyle |
| Main cast | Danny Kaye, George Davis, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester | Sophia Di Martino, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Himesh Patel, Karl Theobald, Meera Syal |
Synopsis
The Inspector General
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.
Yesterday
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was forgotten.
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