Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777 (1948)

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

Crime Drama

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.

star 6.6
  • Release Date: 1948-02-13
  • Runtime: 1h 51min
  • Director: Henry Hathaway

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Cast

  • 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)

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