Call Northside 777 (1948)

ALL 02/13/1948 (en) Crime, Drama 111 Min
  • Release
    02/13/1948
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Rotten tomato
    66%
  • Original title
    Call Northside 777
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

It couldn't happen... but it did!

Overview

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.

  1. Henry Hathaway

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Otto Lang

    Producer



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  1. James Stewart

    P.J. 'Jim' McNeal

  2. Richard Conte

    Frank W. Wiecek

  3. Lee J. Cobb

    Brian Kelly

  4. Helen Walker

    Laura McNeal

  5. Betty Garde

    Wanda Skutnik

  6. Kasia Orzazewski

    Tillie Wiecek

  7. Joanne De Bergh

    Helen Wiecek

  8. Howard Smith

    K.L. Palmer

  9. Moroni Olsen

    Parole Board Chairman

  10. John McIntire

    Sam Faxon

  11. Paul Harvey

    Martin J. Burns

  12. Robert Adler

    Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

  13. Truman Bradley

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  14. Michael Chapin

    Frank Wiecek Jr. (uncredited)

  15. James Dime

    Poker Player (uncredited)

  16. Rex Downing

    Copy Boy (uncredited)

  17. Ben Erway

    Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)

  18. Helen Foster

    Secretary (uncredited)

  19. Jonathan Hale

    Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)

  20. Percy Helton

    Mailman William Decker (uncredited)

  21. Samuel S. Hinds

    Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)

  22. Charles Lane

    Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

  23. E.G. Marshall

    Rayska (uncredited)

  24. Addison Richards

    State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)

  25. Lionel Stander

    Wiecek's Cellmate Corrigan (uncredited)

  26. Otto Waldis

    Boris Siskovich (uncredited)

  27. Wanda Perry

    Chicago Times Telophone Reporter (uncredited)

  28. Richard Bishop

    Warden of Stateville Prison (uncredited)

  29. Larry J. Blake

    Police Photographic Technician (uncredited)

  30. John Bleifer

    Jan Gruska (uncredited)

  31. Dollie Caillet

    Secretary (uncredited)

  32. Al Capone

    Capone (archive footage) (uncredited)

  33. George Cisar

    Policeman (uncredited)

  34. Jane Crowley

    Anna Felczak (uncredited)

  35. John Dillinger

    Dillinger (archive footage) (uncredited)

  36. Abe Dinovitch

    Polish Man (uncredited)

  37. Eddie Dunn

    Patrolman John W. Bundy (uncredited)

  38. Lew Eckles

    Policeman (uncredited)

  39. Joseph Forte

    Parole Board Member (uncredited)

  40. Stanley Gordon

    Prison Clerk (uncredited)

  41. Walter Greaza

    Police Capt. Norris (uncredited)

  42. Buck Harrington

    Bartender (uncredited)

  43. Perry Ivins

    Illinois State Journal Technician (uncredited)

  44. Robert Karnes

    Pete (uncredited)

  45. Leonarde Keeler

    Leonarde Keeler (uncredited)

  46. Cy Kendall

    Second Bartender (uncredited)

  47. J.M. Kerrigan

    Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)

  48. Carl Kroenke

    Guard (uncredited)

  49. Paul Kruger

    Detective (uncredited)

  50. Henry Kulky

    First Bartender (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 74 , Crews : 38

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Call Northside 777 (1948) 111 Min

ALL 02/13/1948 (en)
Crime, Drama
  • Release 02/13/1948
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Original title Call Northside 777
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

It couldn't happen... but it did!

Overview

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.

  1. Henry Hathaway

    Director

  2. Story

  3. J. Watson Webb Jr.

    Editor

  4. Otto Lang

    Producer