Margin for Error

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Margin for Error

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1943

1h 14m

5.7(6 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Crime

War

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.

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40 members

Acting

Joan Bennett

Sophia Baumer

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Milton Berle

Moe Finkelstein

Directing

Otto Preminger

Karl Baumer

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Carl Esmond

Baron Max von Alvenstor

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Howard Freeman

Otto Horst

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Poldi Dur

Frieda Schmidt

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Clyde Fillmore

Dr. Jennings

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Byron Foulger

Pharmacist

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Selmer Jackson

Medical Examiner

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Emmett Vogan

Fingerprint Expert

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Ludwig Donath

Hitler's Voice

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Ferike Boros

Mrs. Finkelstein

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Gary Breckner

American Announcer

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Ralph Byrd

Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier

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Ruth Cherrington

Dowager

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Don Dillaway

Reporter

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Paul Douglas

Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)

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Eddie Dunn

Desk Sergeant

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J. Norton Dunn

Saboteur

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Constant Franke

Gambler

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Dick French

Photographer

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Jack Gordon

Private

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Crew

David S. Horsley

Jacoby

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Joe Kirk

Officer Solomon

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Perc Launders

Drugstore Soda Jerk

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Carl M. Leviness

Dowager's Escort

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Edward McNamara

Police Capt. Mulrooney

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Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart

Soldier

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Bert Moorhouse

Roulette Croupier

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Allan Nixon

Soldier

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Ted North

Saboteur

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William H. O'Brien

Waiter

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Cyril Ring

Drugstore Clerk

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Barney Ruditsky

Policeman

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Hans Schumm

Karl Müller

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Tom Seidel

Soldier

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Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Fritz - Butler

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John Wald

American Announcer

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Wolfgang Zilzer

Bit Part

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Jack Semple

Saboteur

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