Call Northside 777

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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  Henry Hathaway
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  Joseph E. Rickards
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  Stanley K. Scheuer
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  Abe Steinberg

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  James Stewart
  P.J. 'Jim' McNeal
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  Richard Conte
  Frank W. Wiecek
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  Lee J. Cobb
  Brian Kelly
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  Helen Walker
  Laura McNeal
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  Betty Garde
  Wanda Skutnik
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  Kasia Orzazewski
  Tillie Wiecek
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  Joanne De Bergh
  Helen Wiecek
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  Howard Smith
  K.L. Palmer
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  Moroni Olsen
  Parole Board Chairman
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  John McIntire
  Sam Faxon
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  Paul Harvey
  Martin J. Burns
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  Robert Adler
  Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
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  Truman Bradley
  Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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  Michael Chapin
  Frank Wiecek Jr. (uncredited)
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  Jimmy Dime
  Poker Player (uncredited)
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  Rex Downing
  Copy Boy (uncredited)
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  Ben Erway
  Photo Lab Technician (uncredited)
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  Helen Foster
  Secretary (uncredited)
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  Jonathan Hale
  Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
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  Percy Helton
  Mailman William Decker (uncredited)