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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.
Call Northside 777: Directed by Henry Hathaway. With James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker. Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.
Call Northside 777 is a 1948 reality-based newspaper drama directed by Henry Hathaway. The film parallels the true story of a Chicago reporter who proved that a man jailed for murder was...
Call Northside 777 (1948) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Cop Killer On location at the Wrigley building in Chicago, reporter McNeal (James Stewart) with washer-woman Tillie (Kasia Orzazewski) who's raised $5,000 to help exonerate her convict son, then with his editor Kelly (Lee J. Cobb), early in Henry Hathaway's Call Northside 777, 1948.
In 1932, Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte) is convicted of the murder of a Chicago policeman in a mob-connected speakeasy. Eleven years later, his mother, Tillie...
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Call Northside 777 (1948) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
