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Margin for Error

Movie·1943·Drama, Comedy, Crime·1h 14m·Directed by Otto Preminger

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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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Joan BennettJoan BennettSophia BaumerMilton BerleMilton BerleMoe FinkelsteinOtto PremingerOtto PremingerKarl BaumerCarl EsmondCarl EsmondBaron Max von AlvenstorHoward FreemanHoward FreemanOtto HorstPoldi DurPoldi DurFrieda SchmidtClyde FillmoreClyde FillmoreDr. JenningsByron FoulgerByron FoulgerPharmacist

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