Margin for Error (1943)
1h 14m
Running Time
February 10, 1943Release Date
Margin for Error (1943)
1h 14m
Running Time
February 10, 1943Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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 & Crew.
Joan Bennett
Sophia Baumer
Milton Berle
Moe Finkelstein
Otto Preminger
Karl Baumer
Howard Freeman
Otto Horst
Carl Esmond
Baron Max von Alvenstor
Clare Boothe Luce
Writer
Poldi Dur
Frieda Schmidt
Lillie Hayward
Writer
Clyde Fillmore
Dr. Jennings
Byron Foulger
Pharmacist
Samuel Fuller
Writer
Ralph Dietrich
Producer
Selmer Jackson
Medical Examiner
Emmett Vogan
Fingerprint Expert
Leigh Harline
Composer
Ludwig Donath
Hitler's Voice
Edward Cronjager
Cinematographer
Ferike Boros
Mrs. Finkelstein
Gary Breckner
American Announcer
Ralph Byrd
Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier
Ruth Cherrington
Dowager
Don Dillaway
Reporter
Paul Douglas
Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Desk Sergeant
J. Norton Dunn
Saboteur
Constant Franke
Gambler
Dick French
Photographer
Jack Gordon
Private
David S. Horsley
Jacoby
Joe Kirk
Officer Solomon
Perc Launders
Drugstore Soda Jerk
Carl M. Leviness
Dowager's Escort
Edward McNamara
Police Capt. Mulrooney
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Soldier
Bert Moorhouse
Roulette Croupier
Allan Nixon
Soldier
Ted North
Saboteur
William H. O'Brien
Waiter
Cyril Ring
Drugstore Clerk
Barney Ruditsky
Policeman
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 10, 1943
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 14m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Margin for Error is a 1943 American drama film directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Lillie Hayward and Samuel Fuller is based on the 1939 play of the same title by Clare Boothe Luce.