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
Joan Bennett
as Sophia Baumer
Carl Esmond
as Baron Max von Alvenstor
Ralph Byrd
as Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter
Wolfgang Zilzer
as Bit Part
Ludwig Donath
as Hitler's Voice
Paul Douglas
as Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)
Allan Nixon
as Soldier
Carl M. Leviness
as Dowager's Escort
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
as Soldier
Tom Seidel
as Soldier
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
as Fritz - Butler
Clyde Fillmore
as Dr. Jennings
Emmett Vogan
as Fingerprint Expert
Ruth Cherrington
as Dowager
Don Dillaway
as Reporter
Eddie Dunn
as Desk Sergeant
Milton Berle
as Moe Finkelstein
Poldi Dur
as Frieda Schmidt
Selmer Jackson
as Medical Examiner
Joe Kirk
as Officer Solomon
Otto Preminger
as Karl Baumer
Howard Freeman
as Otto Horst
Byron Foulger
as Pharmacist
Ferike Boros
as Mrs. Finkelstein
Edward McNamara
as Police Capt. Mulrooney
Ted North
as Saboteur
