Margin for Error

Margin for Error

74 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy, War | Feb. 10, 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.

Margin for Error

74 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy, War | Feb. 10, 1943

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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Margin for Error
Directors Otto Preminger
Writers Lillie Hayward, Samuel Fuller

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

Gary Breckner

as American Announcer

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

J. Norton Dunn

as Saboteur

Constant Franke

as Gambler

Dick French

as Photographer

Jack Gordon

as Private

David S. Horsley

as Jacoby

Joe Kirk

as Officer Solomon

Perc Launders

as Drugstore Soda Jerk

Carl M. Leviness

as Dowager's Escort

Edward McNamara

as Police Capt. Mulrooney

Bert Moorhouse

as Roulette Croupier

Allan Nixon

as Soldier

Ted North

as Saboteur

William H. O'Brien

as Waiter

Cyril Ring

as Drugstore Clerk

Barney Ruditsky

as Policeman

Hans Schumm

as Karl Müller

Tom Seidel

as Soldier

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

as Fritz - Butler

John Wald

as American Announcer

Wolfgang Zilzer

as Bit Part

Jack Semple

as Saboteur