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Margin for Error (1943)

Margin for Error poster
Directed by
Otto Preminger
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 14m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish policeman is assigned to guard the German consul in New York City in 1940. The consul is found murdered and the investigation reveals a web of motives among his staff and visitors.

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What happens

Margin for Error is a 1943 American drama film directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Lillie Hayward and Samuel Fuller is based on the 1939 play of the same title by Clare Boothe Luce. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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