Biometrics movies 1950 ⇛ 1989
The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) Le soleil se couche à l'aube
Enroll is done, fingerprint card goes to analysis
Dial 1119 (1950) Les Âmes nues
Dial 1119 / Gerald Mayer
Dusting a fingerprint
Remove tape. (Is this a real fingerprint expert ? Looks like !)
Fingerprints don't lie (1951)
The fingerprints that are the main evidence against the man turn out to be faked.
In the end, we find that the police commissioner was the one who had the motive
and the know-how to kill the mayor and fake the prints.
Imaging the fingerprints on the phone, the deadly weapon...
Fingerprint collection of Moody, a suspect.
And immediatly matching the fingerprints (better than all those serials, without computer :)
Subida al cielo (1952) Mexican Bus Ride
Man in the Attic (1953) L'Étrange Mr. Slade
The Mad Magician (1954)
Fingerprint identification.
BTW, the two fingerprints are *exactly* the same :)
And later, an identification, with new fingerprints... again the same image,
easy to perform the match :) And the police boss is saying that with that kind of evidence,
the jury will laugh, the system is too new.
The lieutenant is taking Gallico fingerprints.
The Long Wait (1954) Nettoyage par le vide
The Quatermass Xperiment (aka The Creeping Unknown) (1955)
Le Monstre
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
L'Invasion des profanateurs de sépultures
The Unguarded Moment (1956)
L'Enquête de l'inspecteur Graham
War of the Satellites (1958)
La Guerre des satellites
Very special fingerprints, indeed ! Not human...
Hands of a Stranger (1962)
Les Mains d'un inconnu
Ostatni kurs (1963)
Removing. (BTW excellent job !)
Fantomas (1964)
Fantomas is used to create gloves made of fake skin with fingerprints
from impersonated persons. Not really biometrics as there is no
automated recognition, but well, worth to note it.
This trick was already used in
Fantomas 3 « Le Mort qui tue »(1913) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: L'odyssée de l'espace
Una sull'altra (1969)
One on Top of the Other aka Perversion Story
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) (James Bond)
Les diamants sont éternels
Tiffany Case reveals the latent print on the glass...
...shoots a photograph...
...develops the polaroid...
... and matches the fingerprints, verifying that Bond is Peter Franks.
Note that the two images are exactly the same, which is just impossible to make!
But well, so everyone is able to match the two fingerprints. Nice scar :)
But Q supplied Bond with a fake fingerprint.
Una lucertola con la pelle di donna (1971)
Le Venin de la peur
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
Matching ! (BTW, this is just unrealistic, but nice to show on the big screen)
Nice fingerprint. It's rare to see such a nice close-up !
La tarantola dal ventre nero (1971)
Black Belly of the Tarantula
Fingerprint exam at the labs
Overlord (1975)
Overlord / Stuart Cooper
Fingerprint card
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Rencontres du troisième type
Access control to the Goldstone Radio Telescope Station 14: Identimat 2000 hand recognition.
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
Le Chat qui vient de l'espace
Inspecteur La Bavure (1980) Inspector Blunder
Morzini fingerprint identification at the police department.
Blade Runner (1982)
Deckard vocal identification.
Voight-Kampff test, reading the eye to detect replicant (strictly speaking, it is not automated identification).
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
La colère de Khan
Retinal recognition to open the Genesis project file.
Never say never again (1983) (James Bond)
Jamais plus jamais
Eyeball replacement to access nuclear weapon.
The Dead Zone (1983)
Hand recognition of the general...
... then the president ...
... ready to fire the missiles!
Star Trek III The Search for Spock (1984)
A la recherche de Spock
Kirk voice identification to engage the Enterprise auto-destruction.
Davitelj protiv davitelja (1984)
Strangler vs. Strangler
Les Spécialistes (1985)
Safe of casino is fingerprint protected.
F/X (1986) / F/X
Latent prints collection on crime scene.
Case NYPD 7621: 4 differents prints on crime scene, 2 male, 2 female. One
male is unknown.
BTW, it is just impossible to determine the gender
of a print...
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Axel prepares the superglue...
... to reveal the latent print left on the matchbox...
Note: Superglue fumes give white fingerprint, NOT black :)
... and identify Charles Campos.
Note: the fingerprint is NOT the same as on the matchbox :)
Licence To Kill (1989) Permis de tuer
Camera Gun — A camera that when assembled became a sniper rifle
that only worked for Bond once enrolled, due to a "palm reader" built into the grip.
Later, someone else try to kill Bond with this gun, which, fortunately,
didn't produce a false accept :-)
Back To The Future II (1989)
Retour vers le futur II
Lorraine entering McFly house with her fingerprint.
Biff paying the taxi with his fingerprint.