Call Northside 777
It couldn't happen... but it did!
6.7(177) 1948-02-13 111 minCrimeDrama
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. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
DirectorHenry Hathaway
ScreenplayJerome Cady
ScreenplayJay Dratler
ProducerOtto Lang
Original Music ComposerAlfred Newman
Cast & characters
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)
Truman Bradley
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Chapin
as Frank Wiecek Jr. (uncredited)
Jimmy Dime
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Rex Downing
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
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Ben Erway
as Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)
Helen Foster
as Secretary (uncredited)
Jonathan Hale
as Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
Percy Helton
as Mailman William Decker (uncredited)
Samuel S. Hinds
as Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)
Charles Lane
as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
E.G. Marshall
as Rayska (uncredited)
Addison Richards
as State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
