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Call Northside 777 is a 1948 American drama film directed by Henry Hathaway. The film parallels the true story of a Chicago newspaper reporter who proved that a man jailed for murder 11 years previously was wrongly convicted.
Aug 8, 2021 · By then two young Chicagoans, Joe Majczek and Ted Marcinkiewicz, had been arrested, brought to trial and convicted of murder-the killing of Officer William Lundy during a holdup of a...
Oct 31, 2009 · Those who watched "Call Northside 777," the 1948 docu-noir movie set in Chicago that aired tonight on WTTW-Ch. 11, might be interested in the true story behind the fictionalized account by Rob...
- 2 min
- ERIC ZORN
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.
- (10K)
- Drama, Film-Noir
- Henry Hathaway
- 1948-03
Even the movie's title is a distortion of the truth. Yet, despite its flaws, Call Northside 777 is still a stirring story of a mother who toiled in a downtown Chicago office building, scrubbing floors to save money to prove the innocence of a son she was convinced was wrongly imprisoned for murder.
Northside 777 is still a stirring story of a mother who toiled in a downtown Chicago office building, scrubbing floors to save money to prove the innocence of a son she was convinced was wrongly imprisoned for murder.
Directed by Henry Hathaway, Call Northside 777 was produced in 1947 near the end of the semi-documentary cycle, which also included The House on 92nd Street (1945), The Naked City (1948), 13 Rue Madeleine (1947), and Panic in the Streets (1950). The real-life crime that inspired Call Northside 777 was perfect for this type of drama. It began ...
