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Call Northside 777

  • 1948
  • Approved
  • 1h 52m
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7.3/10
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James Stewart, Richard Conte, Joanne De Bergh, and Helen Walker in Call Northside 777 (1948)
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Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.

  • Director
    • Henry Hathaway
  • Writers
    • Jerome Cady
    • Jay Dratler
    • Leonard Hoffman
  • Stars
    • James Stewart
    • Richard Conte
    • Lee J. Cobb
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    9.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Henry Hathaway
    • Writers
      • Jerome Cady
      • Jay Dratler
      • Leonard Hoffman
    • Stars
      • James Stewart
      • Richard Conte
      • Lee J. Cobb
    • 123User reviews
    • 48Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    James Stewart
    James Stewart
    • P.J. McNeal
    Richard Conte
    Richard Conte
    • Frank Wiecek
    Lee J. Cobb
    Lee J. Cobb
    • Brian Kelly
    Helen Walker
    Helen Walker
    • Laura McNeal
    Betty Garde
    Betty Garde
    • Wanda Skutnik
    Kasia Orzazewski
    Kasia Orzazewski
    • Tillie Wiecek
    Joanne De Bergh
    • Helen Wiecek
    • (as Joanne de Bergh)
    Howard Smith
    Howard Smith
    • K.L. Palmer
    Moroni Olsen
    Moroni Olsen
    • Parole Board Chairman
    John McIntire
    John McIntire
    • Sam Faxon
    Paul Harvey
    Paul Harvey
    • Martin Burns
    Robert Adler
    Robert Adler
    • Taxicab Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Bishop
    • Warden of Stateville Prison
    • (uncredited)
    Larry J. Blake
    Larry J. Blake
    • Police Photographic Technician
    • (uncredited)
    John Bleifer
    • Jan Gruska
    • (uncredited)
    Truman Bradley
    Truman Bradley
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Dollie Caillet
    • Secretary
    • (uncredited)
    Al Capone
    Al Capone
    • Capone
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Henry Hathaway
    • Writers
      • Jerome Cady
      • Jay Dratler
      • Leonard Hoffman
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    • Trivia
      The man administering the polygraph test to convict Richard Conte was the inventor of the polygraph or lie detector machine, Leonarde Keeler. He played himself in the movie.
    • Goofs
      When Reporter Mc Neal is doing his extensive footwork in searching for Wanda Skutnik in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, he is told to go over to an address on Honore Street (a real Chicago street name). However the guy relating this info pronounces it as "Huh-nor." The street name is derived from a French surname and is correctly pronounced by the locals as "Ahn-oree."
    • Quotes

      [McNeal is trying to get Zaleska to name his real partner in the crime and get a chance at parole]

      P.J. McNeal: What have you got to lose? You're in for life now. C'mon, tell us the truth.

      Tomek Zaleska: Sure, I could say I did it. Then maybe have a chance of getting out, like you say. But if I confessed, who would I name as my partner, Joe Doakes? I couldn't make it stick for one minute. That's the trouble with being innocent. You don't know what really happened. I didn't do it. Me and Frank had nothin' to do with it.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits are printed on the pages of a book; it is also stated that this is a true story.
    • Connections
      Edited from In Old Chicago (1938)
    • Soundtracks
      Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)
      (1922) (uncredited)

      Music by Fred Fisher

      Played during the Prohibition montage

    User reviews123

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    Reliable Jimmy Stewart fighting for a cause
    Call Northside 777 is a genuinely engaging film. It has reliable James Stewart as an investigative reporter on a story about an alleged cop killer in prison. At first he believes that the prisoner is guilty but then becomes convinced otherwise and is willing to risk his professional reputation on clearing him. The pace of the film is told like a gritty docudrama with no dramatic musical underscore for effect. But more importantly, this film is interesting to watch for a time capsule of post WWII Chicago. The Chicago Times, the police precincts, the ethnic neighborhoods that existed then and a whole sequence of a wireless photo copier. This is generations before the fax machine was ever conceived. This film is important as Stewart was beginning his maturing film roles in the postwar period and taking on good narrative stories and less goodguy next door roles which were going out of fashion.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Polish
    • Also known as
      • Calling Northside 777
    • Filming locations
      • Stateville Correctional Center - 16830 South Broadway Street, Joliet, Illinois, USA(Illinois State Penitentiary: panopticon & cells interiors; entrance exteriors)
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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