Call Northside 777 (1948)
"It couldn't happen... but it did!"
ThumbScore
👍 81%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 80%
(RT: 80%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Richard Conte as Frank W. Wiecek
Helen Walker as Laura McNeal
Betty Garde as Wanda Skutnik
Kasia Orzazewski as Tillie Wiecek
Joanne De Bergh as Helen Wiecek
Howard Smith as K.L. Palmer
Is Call Northside 777 good?
Most people think so. 81% audience score, estimated from 181 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 80%.
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. Wikipedia ↗
