Call Northside 777 (1948)
1h 51m
Running Time
February 13, 1948Release Date
Call Northside 777 (1948)
1h 51m
Running Time
February 13, 1948Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
James Stewart
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
Richard Conte
Frank W. Wiecek
Lee J. Cobb
Brian Kelly
Helen Walker
Laura McNeal
Betty Garde
Wanda Skutnik
Kasia Orzazewski
Tillie Wiecek
Joanne De Bergh
Helen Wiecek
Howard Smith
K.L. Palmer
Moroni Olsen
Parole Board Chairman
John McIntire
Sam Faxon
Paul Harvey
Martin J. Burns
Robert Adler
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Truman Bradley
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Chapin
Frank Wiecek Jr. (uncredited)
James Dime
Poker Player (uncredited)
Rex Downing
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Ben Erway
Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)
Helen Foster
Secretary (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
Percy Helton
Mailman William Decker (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
E.G. Marshall
Rayska (uncredited)
Addison Richards
State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
Lionel Stander
Wiecek's Cellmate Corrigan (uncredited)
Otto Waldis
Boris Siskovich (uncredited)
Wanda Perry
Chicago Times Telophone Reporter (uncredited)
Richard Bishop
Warden of Stateville Prison (uncredited)
Larry J. Blake
Police Photographic Technician (uncredited)
John Bleifer
Jan Gruska (uncredited)
Dollie Caillet
Secretary (uncredited)
Al Capone
Capone (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Cisar
Policeman (uncredited)
Jane Crowley
Anna Felczak (uncredited)
John Dillinger
Dillinger (archive footage) (uncredited)
Abe Dinovitch
Polish Man (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Patrolman John W. Bundy (uncredited)
Lew Eckles
Policeman (uncredited)
Joseph Forte
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Stanley Gordon
Prison Clerk (uncredited)
Walter Greaza
Police Capt. Norris (uncredited)
Buck Harrington
Bartender (uncredited)
Perry Ivins
Illinois State Journal Technician (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
Pete (uncredited)
Leonarde Keeler
Leonarde Keeler (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
Second Bartender (uncredited)
J.M. Kerrigan
Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Carl Kroenke
Guard (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
Detective (uncredited)
Henry Kulky
First Bartender (uncredited)
Philip Lord
Policeman (uncredited)
Jack Mannick
Polish man (uncredited)
Norman McKay
Detective (uncredited)
George Melford
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Charles Miller
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
George Pembroke
Policeman (uncredited)
Arthur Peterson
Keeler's Polygraph Assistant (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Polish Man (uncredited)
William Post Jr.
Sixth Precinct Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Thelma Ritter
Captain's Secretary (uncredited)
Richard Rober
Sgt. Larson (uncredited)
Dick Ryan
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Peter Seal
Minor Role (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
Illinois State Journal Technician (uncredited)
George Spaulding
Man on Parole Board (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
Barfly (uncredited)
Ann Staunton
Chicago Times Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Freddie Steele
Holdup Man (uncredited)
George Turner
Holdup Man (uncredited)
George Tyne
Tomek Zaleska (uncredited)
Bill Vendetta
Chicago Times Photographer (uncredited)
Duke Watson
Policeman (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Illinois State Journal Technician
Edward Peil Jr.
Bartender (uncredited)
James P. McGuire
Writer / Technical Advisor
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer / Music Director
Leonard Hoffman
Adaptation
Quentin Reynolds
Adaptation
Henry Hathaway
Director
J. Watson Webb Jr.
Editor
Jerome Cady
Screenplay
Otto Lang
Producer
Jay Dratler
Screenplay
Joseph MacDonald
Director of Photography
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Kay Nelson
Costume Design
Mark-Lee Kirk
Art Direction
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Jerry Milligan
Still Photographer
Myrtle Ford
Hairstylist
Sam Wurtzel
Production Manager
Abe Steinberg
Assistant Director
Raymond A. Klune
Production Manager
Frank Cory
Grip
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
Thomas Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Paul Russell
Still Photographer
Stanley K. Scheuer
Script Supervisor
Dick Smith
Makeup Artist
W.D. Flick
Sound
Sam Benson
Wardrobe Designer
Jack McPhaul
Story Consultant
Joseph E. Rickards
Assistant Director
Fred Sersen
Visual Effects
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Master
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Til Gabani
Camera Operator
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 13, 1948
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsChicago, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
chicago
based on a true story
justice
newspaper reporter
wrongful conviction
perjury
classified ad
state penitentiary
murder case
enlarged picture
monetary reward
photographic evidence
police corruption
murdered cop
lying witness
eyewitness account
eye witness account
Wiki.
Call Northside 777 is a 1948 American drama film directed by Henry Hathaway. The film parallels the true story of a Chicago newspaper reporter who proved that a man jailed for murder 11 years previously was wrongly convicted. James Stewart stars as the persistent journalist and Richard Conte plays the imprisoned Frank Wiecek. Wiecek is based on Joseph Majczek, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of a Chicago policeman in 1932, one of the worst years of organized crime during Prohibition.
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