Release date:Feb 10, 1943

Runtime:1h 14m

Margin for Error

★ 5.7

Synopsis of "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."

Director:

Otto Preminger

Genres:

DramaComedyCrimeWar

Language:

English

Cast of "Margin for Error":

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

Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart ... as Soldier

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

Crew:

Samuel Fuller... (Screenplay)

Lillie Hayward... (Screenplay)

Ralph Dietrich... (Producer)

Richard Day... (Art Direction)

Earl Luick... (Costume Design)

Louis R. Loeffler... (Editor)

Lewis H. Creber... (Art Direction)

Leigh Harline... (Original Music Composer)

Edward Cronjager... (Director of Photography)

Content rating:

NR (United States)