Margin for Error
Margin for Error
Release: 1943-02-10
·Runtime: 74m
·★ 5.7
Drama
Comedy
Crime
War
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Cast
Ludwig Donath
as Hitler's Voice
Ferike Boros
as Mrs. Finkelstein
Ruth Cherrington
as Dowager
Allan Nixon
as Soldier
Wolfgang Zilzer
as Bit Part
Howard Freeman
as Otto Horst
Don Dillaway
as Reporter
Carl M. Leviness
as Dowager's Escort
Ralph Byrd
as Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter
Emmett Vogan
as Fingerprint Expert
Joan Bennett
as Sophia Baumer
Carl Esmond
as Baron Max von Alvenstor
Poldi Dur
as Frieda Schmidt
Clyde Fillmore
as Dr. Jennings
Byron Foulger
as Pharmacist
Selmer Jackson
as Medical Examiner
Otto Preminger
as Karl Baumer
Joe Kirk
as Officer Solomon
Edward McNamara
as Police Capt. Mulrooney
Milton Berle
as Moe Finkelstein
Eddie Dunn
as Desk Sergeant
Cyril Ring
as Drugstore Clerk
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
as Soldier
Ted North
as Saboteur
Tom Seidel
as Soldier
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
as Fritz - Butler
Paul Douglas
as Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)
