Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777

111 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 13, 1948

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.

Call Northside 777

111 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 13, 1948

Call Northside 777
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Call Northside 777
Directors Abe Steinberg, Stanley K. Scheuer, Joseph E. Rickards, Henry Hathaway
Writers Jack McPhaul, James P. McGuire, Leonard Hoffman, Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler, Quentin Reynolds

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)

Truman Bradley

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Michael Chapin

as Frank Wiecek Jr. (uncredited)

James Dime

as Poker Player (uncredited)

Rex Downing

as Copy Boy (uncredited)

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)

Lionel Stander

as Wiecek's Cellmate Corrigan (uncredited)

Otto Waldis

as Boris Siskovich (uncredited)

Wanda Perry

as Chicago Times Telophone Reporter (uncredited)

Richard Bishop

as Warden of Stateville Prison (uncredited)

Larry J. Blake

as Police Photographic Technician (uncredited)

John Bleifer

as Jan Gruska (uncredited)

Dollie Caillet

as Secretary (uncredited)

Al Capone

as Capone (archive footage) (uncredited)

George Cisar

as Policeman (uncredited)

Jane Crowley

as Anna Felczak (uncredited)

John Dillinger

as Dillinger (archive footage) (uncredited)

Abe Dinovitch

as Polish Man (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

as Patrolman John W. Bundy (uncredited)

Lew Eckles

as Policeman (uncredited)

Joseph Forte

as Parole Board Member (uncredited)

Stanley Gordon

as Prison Clerk (uncredited)

Walter Greaza

as Police Capt. Norris (uncredited)

Buck Harrington

as Bartender (uncredited)

Perry Ivins

as Illinois State Journal Technician (uncredited)

Robert Karnes

as Pete (uncredited)

Leonarde Keeler

as Leonarde Keeler (uncredited)

Cy Kendall

as Second Bartender (uncredited)

J. M. Kerrigan

as Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)

Carl Kroenke

as Guard (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

as Detective (uncredited)

Henry Kulky

as First Bartender (uncredited)

Philip Lord

as Policeman (uncredited)

Jack Mannick

as Polish man (uncredited)

Norman McKay

as Detective (uncredited)

George Melford

as Parole Board Member (uncredited)

Charles Miller

as Parole Board Member (uncredited)

Edward Peil Jr.

as Bartender (uncredited)

George Pembroke

as Policeman (uncredited)

Arthur Peterson

as Keeler's Polygraph Assistant (uncredited)

Joe Ploski

as Polish Man (uncredited)

William Post Jr.

as Sixth Precinct Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Thelma Ritter

as Captain's Secretary (uncredited)

Richard Rober

as Sgt. Larson (uncredited)

Dick Ryan

as Parole Board Member (uncredited)

Peter Seal

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Lester Sharpe

as Illinois State Journal Technician (uncredited)

George Spaulding

as Man on Parole Board (uncredited)

Ray Spiker

as Barfly (uncredited)

Ann Staunton

as Chicago Times Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Freddie Steele

as Holdup Man (uncredited)

George Turner

as Holdup Man (uncredited)

George Tyne

as Tomek Zaleska (uncredited)

Bill Vendetta

as Chicago Times Photographer (uncredited)

Duke Watson

as Policeman (uncredited)

Robert B. Williams

as Illinois State Journal Technician