In this documentary-style drama based on a true story, a reporter tries to prove that a man in prison for murder has been wrongly convicted. A great performance by Stewart as the persistent journalist.
The mother of Frank Wiecek, a prisoner convicted for killing a cop, offers $5000 for information leading his release of her son. She believes the jury erred and that Frank's innocent. Reporter McNeal, who's been assigned to write a human-interest story on Wiecek, telephones her to get the scoop. McNeal's relentless investigation uncovers new clues that ultimately proves Wiecek's innocence, and returns him to freedom after eleven years of imprisonment.
Copyright 1948 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Renewed 1975 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Mono - English, French
Stereo - English
Subtitled - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Bonus Footage: Fox Movietone News Clips: "Motion Picture Stars Attend the Premiere of CALL NORTHSIDE 777"
Audio Commentary: James Ursiniand, Alain Silver - Authors/Historians
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Cinematographer
Joseph MacDonald: Cinematographer
Production Designer
Lyle Wheeler: Art Director
Production Designer
Mark-Lee Kirk: Art Director/Production Designer
Review 1:
"[A] great career move for Stewart....Tautly directed..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.E15 04/03/2005
Review 2:
"[N]otable as one of the first crusading, factually based dramas about a miscarriage of justice."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.86 03/01/2006
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