Finger Prints

• Director: Lloyd Bacon
• AMG Rating:
• Main Cast: Louise Fazenda, Warner P. Richmond, Helene Costello, John T. Murray
• Release Year: 1927
• Country: US
• Run Time: 65 minutes

Plot

Hardly an important film, Finger Prints pleased the crowd with its heady combination of slapstick comedy and old-dark-house melodrama. A professional crook is collared by the law, but not before squirreling away a fortune in hidden money in a crumbling country mansion. The crook's sister is kidnapped by his accomplices, who take the girl to the mansion, hoping to force her to reveal the whereabouts of the loot. What they don't know is that the house has been fitted with all sorts of modern, push-button devices, which thoroughly flummox the bad guys while delighting their unterrified captive. The day is saved by the timely intervention of comic-relief servant Louise Fazenda (who certainly deserves the top billing bestowed upon her). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Louise Fazenda
• Warner P. Richmond
• Helene Costello
• John T. Murray

William Demarest; William Desmond; Edgar Kennedy; Myrna Loy - Vamp; Martha Mattox; Jerry Miley; George Nichols; Franklin Pangborn; Robert Perry

Credit

Lloyd Bacon - Director, Edward Clark - Screenwriter, C. Graham Baker - Screenwriter, Arthur Somers Roche - Short Story Author