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1943 | 74m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Otto Preminger |
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| Writer: | Lillie Hayward, Samuel Fuller |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 10, 1943 |
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| Director: | Otto Preminger |
| Writer: | Lillie Hayward, Samuel Fuller |
| Genres: | War, Comedy, Crime, Drama |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Joan Bennett | Sophia Baumer |
| Milton Berle | Moe Finkelstein |
| Otto Preminger | Karl Baumer |
| Carl Esmond | Baron Max von Alvenstor |
| Howard Freeman | Otto Horst |
| Poldi Dur | Frieda Schmidt |
| Clyde Fillmore | Dr. Jennings |
| Byron Foulger | Pharmacist |
| Selmer Jackson | Medical Examiner |
| Emmett Vogan | Fingerprint Expert |
| Ludwig Donath | Hitler's Voice |
| Ferike Boros | Mrs. Finkelstein |
| Gary Breckner | American Announcer |
| Ralph Byrd | Pete - Dice-Playing Soldier |
| Ruth Cherrington | Dowager |
| Don Dillaway | Reporter |
| Paul Douglas | Policeman at Front Desk (uncredited) |
| Eddie Dunn | Desk Sergeant |
| J. Norton Dunn | Saboteur |
| Constant Franke | Gambler |
| Dick French | Photographer |
| Jack Gordon | Private |
| David S. Horsley | Jacoby |
| Joe Kirk | Officer Solomon |
| Perc Launders | Drugstore Soda Jerk |
| Carl M. Leviness | Dowager's Escort |
| Edward McNamara | Police Capt. Mulrooney |
| Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart | Soldier |
| Bert Moorhouse | Roulette Croupier |
| Allan Nixon | Soldier |
| Ted North | Saboteur |
| William H. O'Brien | Waiter |
| Cyril Ring | Drugstore Clerk |
| Barney Ruditsky | Policeman |
| Hans Schumm | Karl Müller |
| Tom Seidel | Soldier |
| Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | Fritz - Butler |
| John Wald | American Announcer |
| Wolfgang Zilzer | Bit Part |
| Jack Semple | Saboteur |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lillie Hayward | Screenplay |
| Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
| Lewis H. Creber | Art Direction |
| Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Earl Luick | Costume Design |
| Otto Preminger | Director |
| Samuel Fuller | Screenplay |
| Leigh Harline | Original Music Composer |
| Edward Cronjager | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ralph Dietrich | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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