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Call Northside 777

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

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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.

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Released
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Language
Polish
  • chicago, illinois
  • photographic evidence
  • based on true story
  • police corruption
  • justice
  • newspaper reporter
  • wrongful conviction
  • perjury
  • classified ad
  • murdered cop
  • state penitentiary
  • murder case

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR(Baltimore, Maryland)13 Feb 1948
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical010 Nov 1948

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Call Northside 777 was released on 13 February 1948.

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    John Chard

    8/28/2014

    8/10

    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 innocent, but can he find evidence to back up his belief? Filmed in semi-documentary style by director Henry Hathawa…

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    CinemaSerf

    7/9/2022

    7/10

    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 that might cast doubt on the voracity of the verdict. Initially sceptical, "McNeal", soon begins to suspect that perhaps t…

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