Margin for Error
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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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Cast
40 people
Joan Bennett
Sophia Baumer
Known for
Scarlet Street
The Woman in the Window
Milton Berle
Moe Finkelstein
Known for
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Muppet Movie
Otto Preminger
Karl Baumer
Known for
Stalag 17
The Hobbit
Carl Esmond
Baron Max von Alvenstor
Known for
Ministry of Fear
Lola Montès
Howard Freeman
Otto Horst
Known for
Letter from an Unknown Woman
The Blue Dahlia
Poldi Dur
Frieda Schmidt
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Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Silhouettes
Clyde Fillmore
Dr. Jennings
Known for
The More the Merrier
The Shanghai Gesture
Byron Foulger
Pharmacist
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
They Live by Night
Selmer Jackson
Medical Examiner
Known for
Autumn Leaves
Pitfall
Emmett Vogan
Fingerprint Expert
Known for
The Mummy's Ghost
Ludwig Donath
Hitler's Voice
Known for
Torn Curtain
Gilda
Ferike Boros
Mrs. Finkelstein
Known for
Bachelor Mother
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Otto Preminger Director · Samuel Fuller Screenplay Lillie Hayward Screenplay
United States release February 10, 1943 · Produced in United States · Production 20th Century Studios
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20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
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United States
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United States · January 8, 1943
Premiere
United States · February 10, 1943
Theatrical
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