Release Year:
1948MMPA Rating:
NRNetflix Star Rating:
3.8 / 5 StarsAvailable Since:
July 01, 2013Call Northside 777
James Stewart stars in this documentary-style legal drama based on a true story. During Prohibition, Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte) is falsely accused and imprisoned for killing a cop in a speakeasy. His mother, Tillie (Kasia Orzazewski), has a fierce belief in her son's innocence, but it's only when reporter P.J. McNeal (Stewart) starts investigating the crime 11 years later that the truth comes to light. Lee J. Cobb costars as McNeal's editor.
Cast Summary:
Lee J. Cobb, Richard Conte, John McIntire, James Stewart, Helen Walker, Betty Garde, J.M. Kerrigan, Kasia Orzazewski, Howard Smith, Moroni Olsen, Joanne De Bergh