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Margin for Error
1 hour 14 minutes1943-02-10
5.7
Watch Trailer
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
![Joan Bennett](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//w5Zd68FpxwRu5s2em6JsbVswPyl.jpg)
Joan Bennett
Sophia Baumer
![Milton Berle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qEexMDB7qyf529l88uBSvC6t5hp.jpg)
Milton Berle
Moe Finkelstein
![Otto Preminger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zmJuWBIbWURkB138eD9IPVzpAUt.jpg)
Otto Preminger
Karl Baumer
![Carl Esmond](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yMUc9E8vGnjIUtSu2QY2xq5gsjD.jpg)
Carl Esmond
Baron Max von Alvenstor
![Howard Freeman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8qkSTSMlThEzdy3qBiCX9AbWOHL.jpg)
Howard Freeman
Otto Horst
![Poldi Dur](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//ph8BxRS3TrwLcPK1rqSmbsOcNM8.jpg)
Poldi Dur
Frieda Schmidt
![Clyde Fillmore](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9W1adfcqErWd7Y4pFhZ61II5AKU.jpg)
Clyde Fillmore
Dr. Jennings
![Byron Foulger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8j1Mn3alrcZyfe742LCfjCglQ3L.jpg)
Byron Foulger
Pharmacist
![Selmer Jackson](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//l5QImiPCAKXdWCzk7wliyFTDaYG.jpg)
Selmer Jackson
Medical Examiner
![Emmett Vogan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//gKDRfOG9zZ5lOrNceUSIDI4ZbUh.jpg)
Emmett Vogan
Fingerprint Expert
![Ludwig Donath](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//pMUgXWPZYhddP2BdziOd3FxwVgg.jpg)
Ludwig Donath
Hitler's Voice
![Ferike Boros](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cbk2LpKtfp2CaVz7vMFv0xrK7Mg.jpg)
Ferike Boros
Mrs. Finkelstein
![Gary Breckner](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gary Breckner
American Announcer
![Ralph Byrd](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//422UhGSaBmJmqhxZNXzYNAt3KtO.jpg)
Ralph Byrd
Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier
![Ruth Cherrington](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//zbawaGBRiiVsQqFNVarDfbysNMx.jpg)
Ruth Cherrington
Dowager
![Don Dillaway](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//tMvl1q2ArKRwjZK5pkxw0JODlOR.jpg)
Don Dillaway
Reporter
![Paul Douglas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3pFCT3psXxJVvBxQfcQKLGdzLvo.jpg)
Paul Douglas
Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)
![Eddie Dunn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//lxKCH5fUBwf73igBfHnIjbm11Di.jpg)
Eddie Dunn
Desk Sergeant
![J. Norton Dunn](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
J. Norton Dunn
Saboteur
![Constant Franke](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Constant Franke
Gambler
![Dick French](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Dick French
Photographer
![Jack Gordon](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Jack Gordon
Private
![David S. Horsley](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
David S. Horsley
Jacoby
![Joe Kirk](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yMj2zEMkuhvf7MqvYsfuo9mJ3z0.jpg)
Joe Kirk
Officer Solomon
![Perc Launders](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Perc Launders
Drugstore Soda Jerk
![Carl M. Leviness](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//8SJQSmHZESdalItwsoarlnaohmK.jpg)
Carl M. Leviness
Dowager's Escort
![Edward McNamara](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yyhV41ZhMHTddm4V6C2009I7ZKP.jpg)
Edward McNamara
Police Capt. Mulrooney
![Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uzSAkFsdGhKLFVuWiFSjH1SO1fV.jpg)
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Soldier
![Bert Moorhouse](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Bert Moorhouse
Roulette Croupier
![Allan Nixon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//esgns6JkVZyWg4Pei8saz838nNI.jpg)
Allan Nixon
Soldier
![Ted North](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//digxCshKDOh5uo6j9Wo4JF59VoU.jpg)
Ted North
Saboteur
![William H. O'Brien](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//dHqtM4SNmq6W2WBnxyXgRdlgSfk.jpg)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter
![Cyril Ring](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//9Zkx8EGOSA0uVIC2RzsYePkZQha.jpg)
Cyril Ring
Drugstore Clerk
![Barney Ruditsky](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Barney Ruditsky
Policeman
![Hans Schumm](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Hans Schumm
Karl Müller
![Tom Seidel](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//nZvvEHofdcO2yySOcXKYVJcvfgb.jpg)
Tom Seidel
Soldier
![Hans Heinrich von Twardowski](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//kip8D2tvcdEJiPtZaGioQD6vSjV.jpg)
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Fritz - Butler
![John Wald](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
John Wald
American Announcer
![Wolfgang Zilzer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//yz1BhA7fvTiyEw3PAJxiwrxlrnn.jpg)
Wolfgang Zilzer
Bit Part
![Jack Semple](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)