Call Northside 777 [Special Edition]

DVD/APPROX. 111 MINS./1948/US NR

Main feature:

Release Mar 15, 2005
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio English: Dolby Digital 1.0
French: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles English
Studio Fox
Year 1948
Genre Drama

Special features:

  • Audio Commentary by Authors and Historians James Ursini and Alain Silver
  • Fox Movietone News: "Motion Picture Stars Attend Premiere of 'Call Northside 777'"
  • Theatrical Trailer

Synopsis:

Film noir, a classic film style of the '40s and '50s, is noted for its dark themes, stark camera angles, and high-contrast lighting. Comprising many of Hollywood's finest films, film noir tells realistic stories about crime, mystery, femme fatales and moral conflict.

When a classified ad grabs the attention of Chicago "Times" editor Brian Kelly (Lee J. Cobb), he sends ace reporter P.J. McNeal (James Stewart) to dig up new evidence in the eleven-year-old case of a cop killer: It appears that Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte) has taken a fall, and been wrongly imprisoned for the murder. Although hard-nosed McNeal is initially skeptical, he eventually believes that Wiecek was, in fact, a patsy. And although McNeal hits one dead end after another, the avid newsman never gives up the search for justice for the innocent Wiecek.  

Cast and Crew:

Fox presents
Nanette FabrayJack BuchananJames StewartLee J. CobbRichard Conte"Call Northside 777"
Written byJay Dratlerproduced byOtto Lang
directed byHenry Hathaway
Production Year: 1948

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