Call Northside 777 (1948)

Movie Details

Original Title Call Northside 777

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.6

Cast

James Stewart

P.J. 'Jim' McNeal

Popularity: 1.5

Richard Conte

Frank W. Wiecek

Popularity: 2.7

Lee J. Cobb

Brian Kelly

Popularity: 3.0

Helen Walker

Laura McNeal

Popularity: 2.9

Betty Garde

Wanda Skutnik

Popularity: 5.9

Kasia Orzazewski

Tillie Wiecek

Popularity: 0.1

Joanne De Bergh

Helen Wiecek

Popularity: 0.4

Howard Smith

K.L. Palmer

Popularity: 1.3

Moroni Olsen

Parole Board Chairman

Popularity: 0.9

John McIntire

Sam Faxon

Popularity: 1.1

Paul Harvey

Martin J. Burns

Popularity: 0.5

Robert Adler

Taxicab Driver (uncredited)

Popularity: 1.1

Key Crew

Screenplay Jay Dratler, Jerome Cady

Producer Otto Lang

Writer James P. McGuire

Editor J. Watson Webb Jr.

Director Henry Hathaway

Executive Producer Darryl F. Zanuck

Production

20th Century Fox

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 8/10

Aug 28, 2014

This is a true story. When a patrol cop is shot and killed, small time crook Frank Wiecek is tried for the crime and promptly sentenced to life imprisonment. Some 11 years on, tough cookie reporter P.J. McNeal gets involved with the case, the further he delves, the more he believes that Wiecek is ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Jul 9, 2022

James Stewart and Lee J. Cobb are both on top form in this crime thriller. The latter, the boss who sends the former, one of his better reporters, to investigate the case of convicted murderer "Frank Wiecek" (Richard Conte) after his mother puts an ad in a newspaper offering $5000 for information th ... Read more