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Margin for Error

Genres
Drama
Comedy
Crime
War
Rating
5.7
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date1943-02-10
Runtime74 mins

Overview

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 & Crew

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Joan Bennett

as Sophia Baumer

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Milton Berle

as Moe Finkelstein

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Otto Preminger

as Karl Baumer

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Carl Esmond

as Baron Max von Alvenstor

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Howard Freeman

as Otto Horst

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Poldi Dur

as Frieda Schmidt

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Clyde Fillmore

as Dr. Jennings

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Byron Foulger

as Pharmacist

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Selmer Jackson

as Medical Examiner

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Emmett Vogan

as Fingerprint Expert

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Ludwig Donath

as Hitler's Voice

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Ferike Boros

as Mrs. Finkelstein

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Gary Breckner

as American Announcer

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Ralph Byrd

as Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier

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Ruth Cherrington

as Dowager

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Don Dillaway

as Reporter

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Paul Douglas

as Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)

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Eddie Dunn

as Desk Sergeant

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J. Norton Dunn

as Saboteur

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Constant Franke

as Gambler

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Dick French

as Photographer

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Jack Gordon

as Private

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David S. Horsley

as Jacoby

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Joe Kirk

as Officer Solomon

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Perc Launders

as Drugstore Soda Jerk

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Carl M. Leviness

as Dowager's Escort

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Edward McNamara

as Police Capt. Mulrooney

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Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart

as Soldier

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Bert Moorhouse

as Roulette Croupier

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Allan Nixon

as Soldier

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Ted North

as Saboteur

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William H. O'Brien

as Waiter

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Cyril Ring

as Drugstore Clerk

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Barney Ruditsky

as Policeman

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Hans Schumm

as Karl Müller

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Tom Seidel

as Soldier

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Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

as Fritz - Butler

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John Wald

as American Announcer

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Wolfgang Zilzer

as Bit Part

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Jack Semple

as Saboteur

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