Call Northside 777
Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777

1948-02-13 - 111 minutes

6.60 / 10

Overview

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. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.

Screenplay

Screenplay - Jay Dratler

Genres

Crime

Drama

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Cast

James Stewart

James Stewart

P.J. 'Jim' McNeal

Richard Conte

Richard Conte

Frank W. Wiecek

Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

Brian Kelly

Helen Walker

Helen Walker

Laura McNeal

Betty Garde

Betty Garde

Wanda Skutnik

Kasia Orzazewski

Kasia Orzazewski

Tillie Wiecek

Joanne De Bergh

Joanne De Bergh

Helen Wiecek

Howard Smith

Howard Smith

K.L. Palmer

Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen

Parole Board Chairman

John McIntire

John McIntire

Sam Faxon

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

Martin J. Burns

Robert Adler

Robert Adler

Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

Truman Bradley

Truman Bradley

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Michael Chapin

Michael Chapin

Frank Wiecek Jr. (uncredited)

James Dime

James Dime

Poker Player (uncredited)

Rex Downing

Rex Downing

Copy Boy (uncredited)

Ben Erway

Ben Erway

Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)

Helen Foster

Helen Foster

Secretary (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)

Percy Helton

Percy Helton

Mailman William Decker (uncredited)

Samuel S. Hinds

Samuel S. Hinds

Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Charles Lane

Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

E.G. Marshall

E.G. Marshall

Rayska (uncredited)

Addison Richards

Addison Richards

State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)

Lionel Stander

Lionel Stander

Wiecek's Cellmate Corrigan (uncredited)