Call Northside 777
Call Northside 777
Release: 1948-02-13
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 6.7
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Eddie Dunn
as Patrolman John W. Bundy (uncredited)
George Tyne
as Tomek Zaleska (uncredited)
Howard Smith
as K.L. Palmer
Truman Bradley
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Lionel Stander
as Wiecek's Cellmate Corrigan (uncredited)
George Cisar
as Policeman (uncredited)
Walter Greaza
as Police Capt. Norris (uncredited)
George Melford
as Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe
as Illinois State Journal Technician (uncredited)
George Turner
as Holdup Man (uncredited)
Paul Harvey
as Martin J. Burns
Percy Helton
as Mailman William Decker (uncredited)
William Post Jr.
as Sixth Precinct Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Betty Garde
as Wanda Skutnik
Jonathan Hale
as Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
Joseph Forte
as Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Paul Kruger
as Detective (uncredited)
Freddie Steele
as Holdup Man (uncredited)
John McIntire
as Sam Faxon
George Pembroke
as Policeman (uncredited)
Thelma Ritter
as Captain's Secretary (uncredited)
Kasia Orzazewski
as Tillie Wiecek
Charles Lane
as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Wanda Perry
as Chicago Times Telophone Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Adler
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Rex Downing
as Copy Boy (uncredited)
Richard Rober
as Sgt. Larson (uncredited)
Helen Walker
as Laura McNeal
John Bleifer
as Jan Gruska (uncredited)
Robert Karnes
as Pete (uncredited)
J.M. Kerrigan
as Sullivan - Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Arthur Peterson
as Keeler's Polygraph Assistant (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen
as Parole Board Chairman
Helen Foster
as Secretary (uncredited)
Addison Richards
as State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
Al Capone
as Capone (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
as Illinois State Journal Technician
E.G. Marshall
as Rayska (uncredited)
Michael Chapin
as Frank Wiecek Jr. (uncredited)
Joanne De Bergh
as Helen Wiecek
James Stewart
as P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
Larry J. Blake
as Police Photographic Technician (uncredited)
John Dillinger
as Dillinger (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cy Kendall
as Second Bartender (uncredited)
Richard Conte
as Frank W. Wiecek
Samuel S. Hinds
as Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
as Barfly (uncredited)
James Dime
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Edward Peil Jr.
as Bartender (uncredited)
Otto Waldis
as Boris Siskovich (uncredited)
Lee J. Cobb
as Brian Kelly
