GenreAction, Adventure CinematographyJohn Hickson Duration CountryUnited States
WriterArthur B. Reeve, Basil Dickey, Ella ONeill, George Morgan, George H. Plympton Release dateMarch 3, 1931 (1931-03-03) (U.S.) GenresAction Film, Drama, Adventure Film, Crime Fiction, Black-and-white CastKenneth Harlan, Gertrude Astor, Edna Murphy, Gayne Whitman Similar moviesRelated Ray Taylor movies
Finger Prints is a 1931 American Pre-Code Universal movie serial. It is considered to be a lost film. (This was the last Universal serial with only ten chapters.)
Secret Service agent Gary Gordon (Kenneth Harlan) is working on shutting down the "River Gang", a smuggling ring. His girlfriend Lola's father, John Mackey, is secretly a member of the gang. Soon after, events are complicated when the villainous Kent Martin (Gayne Whitman) attempts to blackmail Mackey for his daughter's hand in marriage. At one point, Lola's father is falsely accused of murder, and agent Gordon tries valiantly to prove his innocence.
Cast
Kenneth Harlan as Gary Gordon, Secret Service agent
Edna Murphy as Lola Mackey, Gordon's girlfriend
Gayne Whitman as Kent Martin, Blackmailer
Gertrude Astor as Jane Madden, Martin's girlfriend
William Worthington as John Mackey, Lola's father
William L. Thorne as Joe Burke, Mackey's partner in the River Gang
Monte Montague as Officer Rooney
Chapter titles
The Dance of Death
A Fugitive of Fear
Toll of the Sea
The Sinister Shadow
The Plunge of Peril
The Finger of Fate
The Depths of Doom
The Thundering Terror
Flames of Fury
The Final Reckoning
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This was the last Universal serial with only ten chapters.
