Margin for Error (1943 film)

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Margin for Error (1943 film) is a 1943 American crime drama directed by Otto Preminger, based on his stage play about a Jewish police officer assigned to guard a Nazi consul in New York City.

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instanceOf film
basedOn Margin for Error (play) NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor Otto Preminger NERFINISHED
characterType Jewish police officer protagonist
Nazi consul antagonist
cinematography Lucien Ballard NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creativeDirector Otto Preminger NERFINISHED
director Otto Preminger NERFINISHED
distributor 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
editor Harmon Jones NERFINISHED
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmFormat black-and-white film
filmingStyle studio production
genre crime film
drama film
hasGenreCharacteristic theatrical origin from stage play
hasPart interrogation scenes
murder investigation
locationOfPremiere United States NERFINISHED
mainSubject Nazism
World War II
antisemitism
musicBy David Raksin NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus Jewish police officer guarding a Nazi consul
narrativeRole propaganda elements against Nazism
narrativeStructure mystery investigation
originalLanguage English
partOf American World War II home front films
portrays Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
New York City Police Department NERFINISHED
producer Otto Preminger NERFINISHED
productionCompany 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1943-10-10
releaseYear 1943
runtimeMinutes 74
screenwriter Otto Preminger NERFINISHED
Samuel Fuller NERFINISHED
settingLocation New York City
starring Carl Esmond NERFINISHED
Joan Bennett NERFINISHED
Milton Berle NERFINISHED
Otto Preminger NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting early 1940s

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Margin for Error hasAdaptation Margin for Error (1943 film)