Film · 1948
Call Northside 777
1h 51mNRDirected by Henry Hathaway
- Crime
- Drama
It couldn't happen... but it did!
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal to look into the case. For some time, McNeal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
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Cast
James StewartP.J. 'Jim' McNeal
Richard ConteFrank W. Wiecek
Lee J. CobbBrian Kelly
Helen WalkerLaura McNeal
Betty GardeWanda Skutnik
Kasia OrzazewskiTillie Wiecek
Joanne De BerghHelen Wiecek
Howard SmithK.L. Palmer
Moroni OlsenParole Board Chairman
John McIntireSam Faxon
Paul HarveyMartin J. Burns
Robert AdlerTaxicab Driver (uncredited)
Details
- Director
- Henry Hathaway
- Writer
- Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler
- Music
- Alfred Newman
- Cinematography
- Joseph MacDonald
- Editor
- J. Watson Webb Jr.
- Producer
- Otto Lang
- Release
- February 13, 1948
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- Polish, German, English
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- TMDB score
- 6.7 / 10 from 184 votes
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