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Call Northside 777 (1948) James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb / American Crime Drama Film

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. 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. Plot: In Chicago in 1932, during Prohibition, policeman John W. Bundy is murdered inside a speakeasy. Frank Wiecek and another man are quickly arrested, and, in November 1933, are each convicted and sentenced to serve 99 years imprisonment for the killing. Eleven years later, Wiecek's mother puts a classified ad in the Chicago Times offering a $5,000 reward for information about the true killers of the police officer. City editor Brian Kelly assigns reporter P. J. McNeal to look more closely into the case. McNeal is skeptical at first, believing Wiecek to be guilty. But he starts to change his mind, and meets increased resistance from the police and the state's attorney's office, who are unwilling to be proven wrong. This is quickly followed by pressure from politicos at the state capital anxious to end a story that might prove embarrassing to the current administration. P.J. writes an article Where is Wanda Skutnik. P.J. soon discovers in a bar where Wanda is. She is now a married woman. P.J. goes to her home and confronts Wanda but she denies that she lied in court. She actually is defensive. Wiecek is finally confirmed innocent by the enlarging of a photograph showing the date on a newspaper that proves that a key witness lied. Cast: James Stewart as P.J. McNeal (based on real-life reporter James McGuire) Richard Conte as Frank Wiecek (based on real-life convict Joseph Majczek) Lee J. Cobb as Brian Kelly (based on real-life editor Karin Walsh) Helen Walker as Laura McNeal Betty Garde as Wanda Skutnik (based on real-life witness Vera Walush) Kasia Orzazewski as Tillie Wiecek (based on real-life mother Tillie Majczek) Joanne De Bergh as Helen Wiecek Michael Chapin as Frank Wiecek Jr. Howard Smith as K.L. Palmer (based on real-life manager K.L. Endecott) Moroni Olsen as Pardon Board Chairman J.M. Kerrigan as Sullivan John McIntire as Sam Faxon Paul Harvey as Martin J. Burns (based on real-life lawyer Martin J. Scott) George Tyne as Tomek Zaleska (based on real-life convict Theodore Marcinkiewicz) (uncredited) Leonarde Keeler, coinventor of the polygraph, as himself (uncredited) E. G. Marshall as Rayska (uncredited) Thelma Ritter as receptionist (uncredited) Lionel Stander as Corrigan, Wiecek's cellmate (uncredited) Truman Bradley as the narrator (uncredited) Samuel S. Hinds as Judge Charles Moulton (uncredited) Charles Lane as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited) Eddie Dunn as Patrolman John W.Bundy (uncredited) Hashtags: #CallNorthside777 #ClassicCinema #FilmNoir #VintageFilm #GoldenAgeOfHollywood #TrueStory #Justice #WrongfulConviction #InvestigativeJournalism #ChicagoHistory #JamesStewart #HenryHathaway #RichardConte #ClassicActors