Movie

Margin for Error

Released: February 10, 1943 (1943)

Runtime: 74 minutes

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Crime, War

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Clyde Fillmore as Dr. Jennings
Age at release: 66
Selmer Jackson as Medical Examiner
Age at release: 54
Emmett Vogan as Fingerprint Expert
Age at release: 49
Byron Foulger as Pharmacist
Age at release: 44
Howard Freeman as Otto Horst
Age at release: 43
Ludwig Donath as Hitler's Voice
Age at release: 42
Carl Esmond as Baron Max von Alvenstor
Age at release: 40
Milton Berle as Moe Finkelstein
Age at release: 34
Joan Bennett as Sophia Baumer
Age at release: 32
Poldi Dur as Frieda Schmidt
Age at release: 25

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Ferike Boros as Mrs. Finkelstein
Age at release: 69
Ruth Cherrington as Dowager
Age at release: 64
Edward McNamara as Police Capt. Mulrooney
Age at release: 58
Carl M. Leviness as Dowager's Escort
Age at release: 57
Gary Breckner as American Announcer
Age at release: 51
William H. O'Brien as Waiter
Age at release: 51
Bert Moorhouse as Roulette Croupier
Age at release: 48
Eddie Dunn as Desk Sergeant
Age at release: 46
Don Dillaway as Reporter
Age at release: 39
Joe Kirk as Officer Solomon
Age at release: 39
Dick French as Photographer
Age at release: 38
Perc Launders as Drugstore Soda Jerk
Age at release: 38
Jack Gordon as Private
Age at release: 36
Paul Douglas as Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited)
Age at release: 35
Ralph Byrd as Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier
Age at release: 33
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart as Soldier
Age at release: 32
Allan Nixon as Soldier
Age at release: 27
Ted North as Saboteur
Age at release: 26
J. Norton Dunn as Saboteur
Age at release: Unknown
Constant Franke as Gambler
Age at release: Unknown