Fingerprints Don't Lie

Fingerprints Don't Lie is a 1951 American crime film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Richard Travis, Sheila Ryan and Margia Dean.^[1] It was released by the independent distributor Lippert Pictures.

Fingerprints Don't Lie
Directed by	Sam Newfield
Screenplay by	Orville Hampton
Story by	Rupert Hughes
Produced by	Sigmund Neufeld
Starring	Richard Travis Sheila Ryan Margia Dean
Cinematography	Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by	Carl Pierson Harry Reynolds
Music by	Dudley Chambers Bert Shefter
Production company	Spartan Productions
Distributed by	Lippert Pictures
Release date	February 23, 1951 (1951-02-23) (U.S.)
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

At the trial of the alleged killer of the city's mayor, fingerprint expert Jim Stover provides evidence that seems likely to seal the killer's conviction and execution. Stover strongly believes in the validity of fingerprint evidence but begins to harbor doubts about the guilt of the accused man. With the assistance of the dead mayor's daughter Carolyn, Stover starts his own investigation to discover whether the defendant is being framed.

Cast

• Richard Travis as James Stover
• Sheila Ryan as Carolyn Palmer
• Sid Melton as Hypo Dorton
• Tom Neal as Prosecuting Attorney
• Margia Dean as Nadine Connell
• Lyle Talbot as Police Lt. Grayson
• Michael Whalen as Police Commissioner Frank Kelso
• Richard Emory as Paul Moody
• Dee Tatum as Connie Duval
• George Eldredge as King Sullivan
• Rory Mallinson as Brad Evans
• Karl Davis as Rod Barenger
• Zon Murray as Defense Attorney
• Syra Marty as Syra, the Blonde Model
• Roy Butler as Bailiff
• Dick Gordon as Nightclub Patron
• Forbes Murray as Judge Edwin Monroe
• John Roy as Detective
• Larry Steers as Nightclub Patron
• Ferris Taylor as Mayor Wendell Palmer

Reception

In a contemporary review for the New York Daily News, critic Dorothy Masters wrote: "The dramatics won't convince anybody, but the film does have a smattering of information on the methods employed in crime detection. It also has the dubious faculty of being able to provide some scantily clad females for promotional display in theatre lobbies—all of which is irrelevant to the plot and by no means as sensational as suggested."^[2]