Margin for Error (1943)
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.
Director:
Otto Preminger
Writers:
Samuel Fuller, Lillie Hayward.
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Joan Bennett as Sophia Baumer |
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Milton Berle as Moe Finkelstein |
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Otto Preminger as Karl Baumer |
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Carl Esmond as Baron Max von Alvenstor |
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Howard Freeman as Otto Horst |
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Poldi Dur as Frieda Schmidt |
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Clyde Fillmore as Dr. Jennings |
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Byron Foulger as Pharmacist |
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Selmer Jackson as Medical Examiner |
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Emmett Vogan as Fingerprint Expert |
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Ludwig Donath as Hitler's Voice |
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Ferike Boros as Mrs. Finkelstein |
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Gary Breckner as American Announcer |
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Ralph Byrd as Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier |
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Ruth Cherrington as Dowager |
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Don Dillaway as Reporter |
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Paul Douglas as Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited) |
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Eddie Dunn as Desk Sergeant |
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J. Norton Dunn as Saboteur |
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Constant Franke as Gambler |
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Dick French as Photographer |
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Jack Gordon as Private |
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David S. Horsley as Jacoby |
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Joe Kirk as Officer Solomon |
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Perc Launders as Drugstore Soda Jerk |
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Carl M. Leviness as Dowager's Escort |
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Edward McNamara as Police Capt. Mulrooney |
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Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart as Soldier |
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Bert Moorhouse as Roulette Croupier |
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Allan Nixon as Soldier |
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Ted North as Saboteur |
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William H. O'Brien as Waiter |
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Cyril Ring as Drugstore Clerk |
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Barney Ruditsky as Policeman |
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Hans Schumm as Karl Müller |
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Tom Seidel as Soldier |
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Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Fritz - Butler |
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John Wald as American Announcer |
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Wolfgang Zilzer as Bit Part |
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Jack Semple as Saboteur |
| Directing | Otto Preminger | Director |
| Writing | Samuel Fuller | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lillie Hayward | Screenplay |
| Production | Ralph Dietrich | Producer |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Earl Luick | Costume Design |
| Editing | Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
| Art | Lewis H. Creber | Art Direction |
| Sound | Leigh Harline | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Edward Cronjager | Director of Photography |
