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Margin for Error
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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.
Directed by Otto Preminger
Written by Lillie Hayward, Samuel Fuller
Produced by Ralph Dietrich
0Top Cast
Joan Bennett
Sophia Baumer
Milton Berle
Moe Finkelstein
Otto Preminger
Karl Baumer
Carl Esmond
Baron Max von Alvenstor
Howard Freeman
Otto Horst
Poldi Dur
Frieda Schmidt
Clyde Fillmore
Dr. Jennings
Byron Foulger
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Medical Examiner
Emmett Vogan
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About Margin for Error
Margin for Error is a drama, comedy, crime, war film released in 1943. Directed by Otto Preminger, it stars Joan Bennett, Milton Berle, Otto Preminger. 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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