Call Northside 777
movie
It couldn't happen... but it did!
Released February 13, 1948
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.
Cast
James Stewart
as
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
Richard Conte
as
Frank W. Wiecek
Lee J. Cobb
as
Brian Kelly
Helen Walker
as
Laura McNeal
Betty Garde
as
Wanda Skutnik
Kasia Orzazewski
as
Tillie Wiecek
Joanne De Bergh
as
Helen Wiecek
Howard Smith
as
K.L. Palmer
Moroni Olsen
as
Parole Board Chairman
John McIntire
as
Sam Faxon
Paul Harvey
as
Martin J. Burns
Robert Adler
as
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Crew
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Jay Dratler
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Screenplay
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Otto Lang
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Producer
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James P. McGuire
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Writer
Alfred Newman
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Original Music Composer
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Joseph MacDonald
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Director of Photography
Quentin Reynolds
as
Adaptation
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Jerome Cady
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Screenplay
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Leonard Hoffman
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Adaptation
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J. Watson Webb Jr.
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Editor
Henry Hathaway
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Director
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Ben Nye
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Makeup Artist
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Darryl F. Zanuck
as
Executive Producer