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Margin for Error

6.319431h 14mNRMovieDramaComedyCrime

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.

DirectorOtto Preminger
WritersLillie Hayward·Samuel Fuller
ProducerRalph Dietrich

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Cast · Directed by Otto Preminger

JBJoan Bennett
Joan Bennett
Sophia Baumer
MBMilton Berle
Milton Berle
Moe Finkelstein
OPOtto Preminger
Otto Preminger
Karl Baumer
CECarl Esmond
Carl Esmond
Baron Max von Alvenstor
HFHoward Freeman
Howard Freeman
Otto Horst
PDPoldi Dur
Poldi Dur
Frieda Schmidt
CFClyde Fillmore
Clyde Fillmore
Dr. Jennings
BFByron Foulger
Byron Foulger
Pharmacist
SJSelmer Jackson
Selmer Jackson
Medical Examiner
EVEmmett Vogan
Emmett Vogan
Fingerprint Expert
LDLudwig Donath
Ludwig Donath
Hitler's Voice
FBFerike Boros
Ferike Boros
Mrs. Finkelstein

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