Margin for Error

Feb 10, 1943

1h 14m

★ 5.7

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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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Crime

War

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Margin for Error Trailers

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Cast

Sophia Baumer

Joan Bennett

Moe Finkelstein

Milton Berle

Karl Baumer

Otto Preminger

Baron Max von Alvenstor

Carl Esmond

Otto Horst

Howard Freeman

Frieda Schmidt

Poldi Dur

Dr. Jennings

Clyde Fillmore

Pharmacist

Byron Foulger

Medical Examiner

Selmer Jackson

Fingerprint Expert

Emmett Vogan

Hitler's Voice

Ludwig Donath

Mrs. Finkelstein

Ferike Boros

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