Margin for Error

Otto Preminger
1943-02-10

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5.7
74 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Joan Bennett Sophia Baumer Unowned
Milton Berle Moe Finkelstein Unowned
Otto Preminger Karl Baumer Unowned
Carl Esmond Baron Max von Alvenstor Unowned
Howard Freeman Otto Horst Unowned
Poldi Dur Frieda Schmidt Unowned
Clyde Fillmore Dr. Jennings Unowned
Byron Foulger Pharmacist Unowned
Selmer Jackson Medical Examiner Unowned
Emmett Vogan Fingerprint Expert Unowned
Ludwig Donath Hitler's Voice Unowned
Ferike Boros Mrs. Finkelstein Unowned
Gary Breckner American Announcer Unowned
Ralph Byrd Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier Unowned
Ruth Cherrington Dowager Unowned
Don Dillaway Reporter Unowned
Paul Douglas Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited) Unowned
Eddie Dunn Desk Sergeant Unowned
J. Norton Dunn Saboteur Unowned
Constant Franke Gambler Unowned
Dick French Photographer Unowned
Jack Gordon Private Unowned
David S. Horsley Jacoby Unowned
Joe Kirk Officer Solomon Unowned
Perc Launders Drugstore Soda Jerk Unowned
Carl M. Leviness Dowager's Escort Unowned
Edward McNamara Police Capt. Mulrooney Unowned
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart Soldier Unowned
Bert Moorhouse Roulette Croupier Unowned
Allan Nixon Soldier Unowned
Ted North Saboteur Unowned
William H. O'Brien Waiter Unowned
Cyril Ring Drugstore Clerk Unowned
Barney Ruditsky Policeman Unowned
Hans Schumm Karl Müller Unowned
Tom Seidel Soldier Unowned
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Fritz - Butler Unowned
John Wald American Announcer Unowned
Wolfgang Zilzer Bit Part Unowned
Jack Semple Saboteur Unowned