Welcome ( Register)

Call Northside 777

DVD

Call Northside 777 DVD
Zoom More Images
List Price: $14.98
Price: $12.31
WITH COUPON CODE NOW: $9.23
You Save: $2.67 (18%)
You Save: $5.75 (38%)
Free Shipping
on Orders Over $25
In Stock
Print Page

Call Northside 777 on DVD


In this documentary-inspired thriller, P.J. McNeal (James Stewart) is a reporter who is asked by his editor to look into a potential story: their newspaper has been carrying an ad offering a substantial reward for information regarding the murder of a policeman that occurred eleven years ago. It turns out the ad was placed by a cleaning woman named Tillie Wiecek (Kasia Orzazewski); her son Frank (Richard Conte) was convicted of the crime, but she is thoroughly convinced her son had nothing to do with the killing. McNeal doesn't believe for a moment that Frank could be innocent, but he sees a good human interest story in Tillie and writes a piece that receives a great deal of favorable attention. Brian Kelly (Lee J. Cobb), McNeal's editor, thinks there might be more to this story and asks P.J. to look into the original murder case. To McNeal's surprise, Frank passes a lie detector test in which he proclaims his innocence, and the more he digs into records on the case, the more he finds wrong with the original investigation; some evidence is missing, much is inconclusive, and the reporter begins to wonder if Frank might have been railroaded after all, or if the police might be trying to keep something quiet. Call Northside 777 was based on a true story. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
  • Sound By: Dolby Digital Stereo
  • Released By: 20th Century Fox
Commentary by authors and historians James Ursini & Alain Silver
Fox Movietone News - motion picture stars attend premiere of Call Northside 777
Theatrical trailer

Click image to view larger

  • Call Northside 777 DVD
Call Northside 777 DVD

Editorial Reviews

Call Northside 777 utilizes a pseudo-documentary style to heighten the realism of its fact-based plot. Director Henry Hathaway effectively combines Joe MacDonald's black-and-white cinematography with the atmospheric orchestral score of Alfred Newman to create an effective, engrossing mood for the wrongful imprisonment tale. Lead James Stewart is solid as usual; of special note in the supporting cast are the performances of Lee J. Cobb as Stewart's editor and Richard Conte as Frank Wiecek, the wrongfully convicted subject of Stewart's investigations. ~ Richard Gilliam, Rovi