
Margin for Error
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.
Margin for Error
February 10, 1943
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Cast (40)

Joan Bennett
Sophia Baumer

Milton Berle
Moe Finkelstein

Otto Preminger
Karl Baumer

Carl Esmond
Baron Max von Alvenstor

Howard Freeman
Otto Horst

Poldi Dur
Frieda Schmidt

Clyde Fillmore
Dr. Jennings

Byron Foulger
Pharmacist

Selmer Jackson
Medical Examiner

Emmett Vogan
Fingerprint Expert

Ludwig Donath
Hitler's Voice

Ferike Boros
Mrs. Finkelstein

Gary Breckner
American Announcer

Ralph Byrd
Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier

Ruth Cherrington
Dowager

Don Dillaway
Reporter

Paul Douglas
Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn
Desk Sergeant

J. Norton Dunn
Saboteur

Constant Franke
Gambler

Dick French
Photographer

Jack Gordon
Private

David S. Horsley
Jacoby

Joe Kirk
Officer Solomon

Perc Launders
Drugstore Soda Jerk

Carl M. Leviness
Dowager's Escort

Edward McNamara
Police Capt. Mulrooney

Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Soldier

Bert Moorhouse
Roulette Croupier

Allan Nixon
Soldier

Ted North
Saboteur

William H. O'Brien
Waiter

Cyril Ring
Drugstore Clerk

Barney Ruditsky
Policeman

Hans Schumm
Karl Müller

Tom Seidel
Soldier

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Fritz - Butler

John Wald
American Announcer

Wolfgang Zilzer
Bit Part

Jack Semple
Saboteur
Crew (10)
Directing

Otto Preminger
Director
Writing

Samuel Fuller
Screenplay

Lillie Hayward
Screenplay
Production

Ralph Dietrich
Producer
Sound

Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer
Art

Lewis H. Creber
Art Direction

Richard Day
Art Direction
Camera

Edward Cronjager
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Earl Luick
Costume Design
Crew
No data availableEditing

Louis R. Loeffler
Editor