"Gogol's comedy of errors, satirizing human greed, stupidity, and the extensive political corruption of Imperial Russia."
Tony Hancock
as Hlestakov
Reginald Barratt
as Yosif
John Phillips
as The Mayor
Helen Christie
as Anna
Susan Maryott
as Marya
Peter Copley
as School Superintendent
Philip Leaver
as Health Commissioner
Noel Howlett
as The Judge
Wilfrid Brambell
as The Postmaster
Michael Segal
as Bobchinsky
John Gill
as Dobchinsky
Harold Kasket
as Abdulla
Denis Holmes
as 2nd Merchant
Hamilton Dyce
as 3rd Merchant
Reginald Hearne
as Police Superintendent
Frank Sieman
as Innkeeper
Gertan Klauber
as Mishka
Alexis Bobrinskoy
as Gendarme
Douglas Blackwell
as 1st Constable
Dervis Ward
as 2nd Constable
Roy Dotrice
as Soldier
Daniel Moynihan
Barry Thomas
Writer
Alan Bromly
Director