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