Margin for Error
1943 · 74 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 337 VOTES · DIR. Otto Preminger
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,081 lines
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00:01:02 Seven. That did it. This time I'm shooting five.
00:03:58 Solomon, you, me, the Nazi.
00:07:10 If I were Hitler, I'd break off diplomatic relations.
00:09:40 How could Berlin have chosen such a dumbkoff for our American Führer?
00:12:25 I got quite bored with Mr. Churchill saying nothing but ridiculous...
00:15:33 ...and not to my secretary. - Yes, sir.
00:18:27 In this country Dillinger and Capone used to pull stunts like that.
00:21:23 At first he just laughed at me.
00:25:06 ...married? - Who? Me? Heaven forbid.
00:27:55 Finkelstein. Moe Finkelstein.
00:31:53 You'll find a lot of things around here you like...
00:36:06 That can easily be arranged when we arrive in Berlin.
00:39:12 - I couldn't bear it. - Of course not.
00:42:11 About three months.
00:45:02 has been blown into the Hudson River.
00:47:58 - lf the American Führer dies... - We'll replace you.
00:51:04 The 3rd Reich allows no margin for error.
00:53:59 We must not miss any part of the Führer's speech.
00:57:38 But no encirclement and no power will force Germany to her knees.
01:02:07 - The radio has been going full blast. - This place has been a bedlam.
01:04:34 Somebody stabbed him.
01:07:22 Frau Baumer never complained.
01:10:09 There isn't time to explain now, but you didn't kill Baumer.
01:13:01 - He put the poison in my pocket. - Yes, to make it look like suicide.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,081
Dialogue density14.6 lines / min
First line00:01:02
Final line01:13:01
Production Record
DirectorOtto Preminger
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes337