Margin for Error

Margin for Error (1943)

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  • Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime, War
  • Release Date: 1943-02-10
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 14min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Otto Preminger
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Summary

When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.

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  • Joan Bennett

    as Sophia Baumer

  • Milton Berle

    as Moe Finkelstein

  • Otto Preminger

    as Karl Baumer

  • Carl Esmond

    as Baron Max von Alvenstor

  • Howard Freeman

    as Otto Horst

  • Poldi Dur

    as Frieda Schmidt

  • Clyde Fillmore

    as Dr. Jennings

  • Byron Foulger

    as Pharmacist

  • Selmer Jackson

    as Medical Examiner

  • Emmett Vogan

    as Fingerprint Expert

  • Ludwig Donath

    as Hitler's Voice

  • Ferike Boros

    as Mrs. Finkelstein

  • Gary Breckner

    as American Announcer

  • Ralph Byrd

    as Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier

  • Ruth Cherrington

    as Dowager

  • Don Dillaway

    as Reporter

  • Paul Douglas

    as Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)

  • Eddie Dunn

    as Desk Sergeant

  • J. Norton Dunn

    as Saboteur

  • Constant Franke

    as Gambler

  • Dick French

    as Photographer

  • Jack Gordon

    as Private

  • David S. Horsley

    as Jacoby

  • Joe Kirk

    as Officer Solomon

  • Perc Launders

    as Drugstore Soda Jerk

  • Carl M. Leviness

    as Dowager's Escort

  • Edward McNamara

    as Police Capt. Mulrooney

  • Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart

    as Soldier

  • Bert Moorhouse

    as Roulette Croupier

  • Allan Nixon

    as Soldier

  • Ted North

    as Saboteur

  • William H. O'Brien

    as Waiter

  • Cyril Ring

    as Drugstore Clerk

  • Barney Ruditsky

    as Policeman

  • Hans Schumm

    as Karl Müller

  • Tom Seidel

    as Soldier

  • Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

    as Fritz - Butler

  • John Wald

    as American Announcer

  • Wolfgang Zilzer

    as Bit Part

  • Jack Semple

    as Saboteur
Directing Otto Preminger Director
Writing Samuel Fuller Screenplay
Writing Lillie Hayward Screenplay
Production Ralph Dietrich Producer
Art Richard Day Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Earl Luick Costume Design
Editing Louis R. Loeffler Editor
Art Lewis H. Creber Art Direction
Sound Leigh Harline Original Music Composer
Camera Edward Cronjager Director of Photography

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