Call Northside 777
It couldn't happen... but it did!
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Production
Director
Scenario
Composer
Producer
Actors
James Stewart
P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
Richard Conte
Frank W. Wiecek
Lee J. Cobb
Brian Kelly
Helen Walker
Laura McNeal
Betty Garde
Wanda Skutnik
Kasia Orzazewski
Tillie Wiecek
Joanne De Bergh
Helen Wiecek
Howard Smith
K.L. Palmer
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- In 1949, the film won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Motion Picture.
- The plot of the film is based on real events that took place in Chicago in 1932.
- This is the first Hollywood film shot on location in Chicago. It is also one of the first films to feature technical innovations in investigation such as polygraph tests, photo enlargement, and the transmission of photographic images via telegraph.
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