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Call Northside 777 is a 1948 reality-based newspaper American drama film directed by Henry Hathaway. The film parallels the true story of a Chicago reporter who proved that a man jailed for murder was wrongly convicted 11 years before. James Stewart stars as the persistent journalist and Richard Conte plays the imprisoned Frank Wiecek.
Call Northside 777: Directed by Henry Hathaway. With James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker. Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.
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- Drama, Film-Noir
- Henry Hathaway
- 1948-03
Jun 18, 2022 · Call Northside 777 is a 1948 reality-based newspaper drama directed by Henry Hathaway. The film parallels the true story of a Chicago reporter who proved tha...
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Rent Call Northside 777 on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. In 1932, Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte) is convicted of the murder of a Chicago policeman in a ...
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- James Stewart
- Henry Hathaway
- Crime, Drama
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Synopsis. In Chicago in 1932, during Prohibition, a policeman is murdered inside a speakeasy. Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte) and another man are quickly arrested, and are later sentenced to serve 99 years' imprisonment each for the killing. Eleven years later, Wiecek's mother puts an ad in the newspaper offering a $5,000 reward for information ...
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Aug 8, 2021 · The ad that appeared in the classified section of the Oct. 10, 1944, issue of the Times in Chicago read: ”$5,000 Reward for killers of Officer Lundy on December 9, 1932. Call GRO-1758, 12-7 p.m.”
