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
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
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
Joe Kirk
as Officer Solomon
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
Tom Seidel
as Soldier
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
as Fritz - Butler
Wolfgang Zilzer
as Bit Part
