Margin for Error
5.7
74 minutes
2/10/1943
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.
Cast List
Joan Bennett
as Sophia Baumer
Milton Berle
as Moe Finkelstein
Otto Preminger
as Karl Baumer
Carl Esmond
as Baron Max von Alvenstor
Howard Freeman
as Otto Horst
Poldi Dur
as Frieda Schmidt
Clyde Fillmore
as Dr. Jennings
Byron Foulger
as Pharmacist
Selmer Jackson
as Medical Examiner
Emmett Vogan
as Fingerprint Expert
Ludwig Donath
as Hitler's Voice
Ferike Boros
as Mrs. Finkelstein
Gary Breckner
as American Announcer
Ralph Byrd
as Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier
Ruth Cherrington
as Dowager
Don Dillaway
as Reporter
Paul Douglas
as Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
as Desk Sergeant
J. Norton Dunn
as Saboteur
Constant Franke
as Gambler
Dick French
as Photographer
Jack Gordon
as Private
David S. Horsley
as Jacoby
Joe Kirk
as Officer Solomon
Perc Launders
as Drugstore Soda Jerk
Carl M. Leviness
as Dowager's Escort
Edward McNamara
as Police Capt. Mulrooney
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
as Soldier
Bert Moorhouse
as Roulette Croupier
Allan Nixon
as Soldier
Ted North
as Saboteur
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter
Cyril Ring
as Drugstore Clerk
Barney Ruditsky
as Policeman
Hans Schumm
as Karl Müller
Tom Seidel
as Soldier
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
as Fritz - Butler
John Wald
as American Announcer
Wolfgang Zilzer
as Bit Part
Jack Semple
as Saboteur