---
title: 'Call Northside 777 (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Henry Hathaway'
released: '1948-02-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/call-northside-777-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040202/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Call Northside 777 (1948)

1948 · 112 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Call Northside 777 is a 1948 American docudrama 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. James Stewart stars as the persistent journalist and Richard Conte plays the imprisoned Frank Wiecek. Wiecek is based on Joseph Majczek, who was wrongly convicted of the murder of a Chicago policeman in 1932, one of the worst years of organized crime during Prohibition.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Henry Hathaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-hathaway)
- **Screenplay:** [Jay Dratler](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-dratler), [Jerome Cady](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerome-cady)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Otto Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-lang-3)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-macdonald)
- **Editor:** [J. Watson Webb, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-watson-webb-jr)

## Cast

- [Charles Lane](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lane)
- [Robert Adler](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-adler)
- [J. M. Kerrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-m-kerrigan)
- [Richard Conte](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-conte)
- [Helen Foster](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-foster)
- [Howard Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-smith)
- [Paul Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-harvey)
- [Lee J. Cobb](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-j-cobb)
- [James Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-stewart)
- [John McIntire](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mcintire)
- [Helen Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-walker)
- [Percy Helton](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-helton)
- [Henry Kulky](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-kulky)
- [Richard Rober](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-rober)
- [Moroni Olsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/moroni-olsen)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/call-northside-777-1948
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