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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
WritersSamuel Fuller·Lillie Hayward
ProducerRalph Dietrich

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Cast · Directed by Otto Preminger

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

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