Movie
Call Northside 777
1948 · 111 min
A steady, earnest procedural that builds quiet tension as a reporter chips away at a wrongful conviction, feeling both hopeful and frustratingly bureaucratic.
- Tagline
- It couldn't happen... but it did!
- Overview
- In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal to look into the case. For some time, McNeal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
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