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You’d think that after having my fingers burned with Henry Hathaway’s The House on 92nd Street that the last thing I’d want to do is watch another of the Sacramento born director’s filmography? Call Northside 777 however has a great reputation despite that “docudrama” style of filmmaking that I hadn’t enjoyed in that 1945 effort, and with James Stewart in the central role, and the undoubted talent of both Lee J. Cobb and Richard Conte once again in supporting roles, this turned out to live up to that 3.6 rating it has here on LB. In 1932 Chicago a cop is killed inside a Speakeasy during Prohibition, gunned down by two assailants with their faces covered. Was it a robbery…
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Reporter PJ McNeal (James Stewart) tries to prove the innocence of Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte), jailed for murder 11 years before, in Henry Hathaway’s crime drama based on a true story and co-starring Helen Walker, Lee J Cobb and Joanne De Bergh. It’s made in a docudrama style, and unusually for the time a lot was filmed on location where the events actually took place, heightening the sense of realism and helping lessen potential staginess, although some exterior scenes are a little static due to limitations of the time. There’s a scene where McNeal walks into Illinois State Penitentiary, with rows and rows of cells appearing in front of him that still feels quite chilling, drawing attention to the injustice…
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A painstakingly thorough, nearly OCD-ish take on a noirish “based on a true story” tale of a Jimmy Stewart character’s efforts to free a man wrongly convicted of killing a police officer. The plot is one that Hollywood has done a hundred times before and since, so let’s focus on the style, because oh good Lord is that going to stand out to you: Henry Hathaway is a man *obsessed* with the quotidian. There is no part of Jimmy Stewart’s everyman-reporter job that escapes notice. My absolute favorite: Right after the editor orders him to visit the inmate in prison, Stewart asks for a voucher to cover his expenses. It’s SO absurd–who in the audience could have possibly cared?–yet *so*…
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To celebrate Jimmy’s birthday, I randomly picked one of his films— and this one came up. What caught my attention right away was the opening: it claimed to be based on a true story. And yeah, it was truly compelling, especially watching Jimmy portray a journalist fighting for justice in a wrongful conviction case. As always, I loved his performance! 🙌🏻 The film moves at a rather slow pace, but it keeps you curious through every scene. I especially liked the ending— it was clever and satisfying. Although Jimmy’s character got quite talkative toward the end (and it kind of reminded me of his Mr. Smith energy lol), it still worked well with the story. Jim McNeal: “Now, if you…
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During the height of Prohibition, a Chicago police officer is murdered in a speakeasy. Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte) is arrested, convicted, and sentenced to 99 years in prison. Eleven years later, Wiecek’s impoverished mother places a classified ad in the Chicago Times. She offers a $5,000 reward—saved from a decade of working as a scrubwoman—for information clearing her son’s name. Intrigued by the mother’s sacrifice, the newspaper’s editor assigns P.J. McNeal (James Stewart) to cover the story. Initially skeptical and convinced of Wiecek’s guilt, McNeal slowly uncovers inconsistent evidence, hidden agendas, and corrupted eyewitness testimony. Based on a true story, the film has the look and feel of a classic film noir. The investigative reporting angle was relatively new. A…
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There is hardly a shadow in noir that can be painted so dark as the one taken from the very real and very darkened corners of a corrupt system of ‘justice.’ Henry Hathaway’s “Call Northside 777” is a documentary style noir depicting the true story of a man falsely convicted for the murder of a prohibition-era Chicago police officer. Over a decade into his 99 year sentence, a journalist decides to reopen the case. Years before a run of antihero Westerns would gift the world the gruffer side of Jimmy Stewart, “Northside” arrived on the scene. And while Stewart in “Northside” isn’t quite so morally compromising as he would later be in the likes of “The Naked Spur,” he still…
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sure was wild to see actual angel jimmy stewart call a woman named wanda an ignorant, unreliable, arrogant, evil, heartless, and corrupt fingerwoman
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I love a good procedural. And this is two hours of a based-on-a-true-story noir-adjacent docudrama starring Jimmy Stewart and Lee J Cobb. Yes please. It would have been very hard for this to miss, and I’m happy to say it didn’t. It’s a good story, well told. Jimmy Stewart plays a reporter, sent by his editor (Cobb), to investigate if a man jailed for murder (Richard Conte) eleven years early was innocent or not. It’s a simple plot that leads to lots of Stewart going round Chicago talking to different peopled. There’s unhelpful police, suspicious evidence and unreliable witnesses. What there isn’t, is action. There’s no chases or shootouts or brawls in this. Just talking and more talking. But with…
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You know what my favorite parts of Call Northside 777 were?* The little, intimate scenes between McNeal (James Stewart) and his wife, Laura (Helen Walker). There are few too few of them, but both the passion the couple share and their deep regard for one another are almost overwhelming in their omnipresence, as is their intense awareness of the preciousness of their every moment together. They’re scenes so special it’s maddening that we get so few of them, but Stewart is extraordinary in the way McNeal simply looks at Laura, like he truly sees her (wants her, loves her, admires her) in every second they’re together. And the wonderful Waker makes Laura all warmth and comfort and firm understanding of…
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“That’s the trouble with being innocent. You don’t know what really happened.” After spending 11 years in prison for the wrong conviction of the murder of a police officer, Frank Wiecek’s (Richard Conte) mother Tillie (Kasia Orzazewski) posts a $5000 reward for any information that can help free her son from jail. Newspaper editor Brian Kelly (Lee J. Cobb) puts Jim McNeal (James Stewart), one of his top reporters, on the job of seeing what the story behind it is. McNeal comes to believe in Frank’s innocence, and won’t rest until he can uncover enough evidence to set him free. I’m of two minds on this one. On the one hand the cast is all around great. Conte has a…
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Essentially a cold case investigation to clear a wrongful conviction, the movie starts slow but doesn’t stop once it gets going. That the ending is more a whimper than a bang is mostly related to how closely it follows the real case it was based on, but it’s a good evidence chase movie that manages to generate real tension in some of its scenes. A late sequence where Stewart’s character confronts a witness, shot in chiaroscuro in a dingy apartment…
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Película que es un homenaje a la labor periodística, especialmente la de aquellos profesionales que se gastan la suela de los zapatos en la calle buscando la verdad. Destaca Kasia Orzazewski en el rol de la madre que no pierde la fe en la inocencia de su hijo
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Takes its journalistic perspective more seriously than a lot of reporter-led murder mysteries and winds up the better for it, navigating a spiral of morality, truth-seeking, and faceless corruption. As the upstanding journalist who stumbles into a cause, it’s sort of a role Jimmy Stewart was born to play, even if the role itself strains credulity at times. Incredibly entertaining in its “they don’t make em like they used to” sort of way.
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GRADE: B- It’s always nice watching a Jimmy Stewart movie that I’ve never seen before and in this one he gets to work with the paper and be on the hunt for truth. Call Northside 777 is pretty decent, but lacks the intrigue of other noirs from that time period. The narration is lazy and this movie has a tell instead of show problem.
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Never even heard of this movie before yesterday, but fantastic James Steward and Richard Conte performances.
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A great noir film starring Jimmy Stewart. I’m very pleased this was uploaded onto YouTube multiple times for free.
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A complex social drama where justice and hope are weighed in the balance to determine which carries more weight in the lives of the protagonists.
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“1932 was open season for cops. Over on the north side they were shooting them in pairs, like a brace of ducks.” held að ég sé bara of syfjaður fyrir þessa
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Aaji 7 月 7, 2026
hey jimmy
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I’m 1 pinstripe suit and a mysterious gaze at the horizon, away from my prime
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بعد اربع افلام اعلى تقييم اخذ ٢ فقط متابعة فلم جيد شيء جميل
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A true crime style that uses police procedural tendencies. It’s not as gritty or as true to the style of classic noirs but it has a strong message and features James Stewart.
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Most certainly a movie of the late-1940s, however the film noir genre lends itself quite well to that feel. The post-prohibition streets of Chicago are the perfect backdrop for a story of government oversight and authoritarian indifference. Jimmy Stewart gives a somewhat familiar performance as a determined journalist in search of the truth. It’s impossible for that man to miss in any role he gives. The story itself does run a bit long at times, but the slow and methodical…
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Investigación periodística policial. Muy USA
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watching a 1948 film casually pull out a lie detector and photo enhancement was 🤯🤯
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All these location shots in Chicago and every actor is doing their bs transatlantic accent anyway fuck you
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Loved this noir procedural with the king Jimmy Stewart. A rare film where Barzini from The Godfather plays a good guy, in this case a wrongfully convicted prisoner. Lee J. Cobb as the curmudgeonly newspaper editor was perfect casting.
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rarely have i been so tense waiting for a photo to develop
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Hay algo hipnótico en ver a James Stewart haciendo de periodista cínico y perder. Como ver a ese amigo decirte que algo es una tontería para, 20 minutos después, organizar una cruzada moral con un PowerPoint. La película tiene levemente ese aire noir tan característico de la época, pero más bien es un proto-podcast true crime con más presupuesto: investigación, giros de guión, y esa obsesión por los detalles “reales” (rodaje en Chicago, sin música…Mucho eco en los pasillos), que…
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First cinema newspaper man with a soul?
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Ttinyparistexas 6 月 15, 2026
fugly ass poster drains what little sauce this movie had
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Mr. Smith Goes to Gangland Chicago (My theory holds, two or more 12 Angry Men cast members = good movie)
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I’m crazy for a film shot on location in my home city, Chicago. I’m even crazier about a film that shows real Chicago streets in the 1940s. I know these corners! This architecture! So much and so little has changed! How exciting! That may have bumped this up half a star for me as a result. Otherwise it’s giving All the Presidents Men meets noir with Jimmy Stewart in the lead.
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Previous review Bumping this up half a star on this viewing. I just think this is a fantastic film. I’d say it qualifies as the quietest noir I’ve ever seen. No incidental music, only one scene of violence. The talking tells the story and all of it is so well scripted and delivered. The only downside is there isn’t more of James Stewart and Helen Walker’s lovely scenes as a couple, but otherwise I’m a little surprised Call Northside 777 isn’t regarded as one of the heaviest hitters in the classic noir genre. It belongs there.
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The film is a lot of fun. It about a reporter (Jimmy Stewart) who is investigating an older murder case because a Polish mom insisted that her son, the person convicted for the crime, was innocent. Stewart’s character became interested in the story because the mom was a poor Polish immigrant who works, washing floors and cleaning, but was still able to save enough money to encourage someone with evidence that would exonerate her son to step forward and present…
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What could otherwise be a middling effort is propped up by the star power of Stewart and padded with some convincing performances. Along the way, we’re treated to captivating Chicago locations and the Illinois Stateville prison. Combing Polish saloons near the Stockyards for an eyewitness echoes a stronger sequence in Stray Dog (Kurosawa, 1949), a superb crime-noir that isn’t saddled by reality. That said, I’m still a sucker for Prohibition-era Chicago stories. Given the nature of the semi-documentary story, this…
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James Stewart orders a bourbon next to some “Seven Dwarf” looking Polish south-siders in the Back of the Yards. What more could you want? Back when “well he’s Catholic, so…” was enough reason to make an inference in an otherwise airtight murder mystery.
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Ccoruscating 6 月 3, 2026
I swear I’ve seen other movies starring Jimmy Stewart, but the cut of his suit in this movie makes him look like the aliens in the second star wars prequel film which made clone troopers 100% Otherwise this was a genuinely great, tightly composed movie. Probably the best Chicago movie I’ve ever seen. The scenes featuring the old Polish neighborhoods made me feel something. Also, probably one of the best movies featuring journalism I’ve ever seen too… not for any semblance of realism or accuracy, but as a Prime Mover of plot.
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It would have been an all timer if they had Jimmy doing a Chicago accent I liked that it was based on a true story and shot on location around Chicago. Good story and some good shots but it was still a little lacking for me personally.
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Hathaway walked so Pakula et al could run. Jimmy Stewart elevates this from docudrama to character drama – it’s less about the outcome and more about McNeal’s arc. For better or worse, it only dips its toes in institutional cyncism by the end. Lee Cobb’s character makes no sense.
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Great stuff here. Jimmy is once again a newspaper reporter, this time one tasked with a story he doesn’t really want but becomes obsessed with once he gains enough evidence to change his mind. That’s how it should be – we should all feel comfortable enough changing our minds once presented with the facts. Really cool that this is a true story & was shot on location for the most part
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Chicago indeed. Jimmy Stewart can do no wrong. Works at big picture level though lots of funny little Whats. Found myself fascinated with how the movie presents and the audience would’ve viewed the technology in the story. This has to be the first cinematic example of Enhance Enhance Enhance?
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Way too long but hearing Jimmy Stewart say “you’re cooked” to a guy makes up for it alright
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Well made movie about the power of good journalism to combat police corruption and the miscarriage of justice in favor of quick and easy answers. Based onna real case and reporting from Chicago, and shot on location in the city. A portrait of the city in a specific time, the street photography is so fascinating. Jimmy Stewart’s turn from cynic to believer is wonderful.
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Solid entry in the long line of American true-story films about crusading reporters exposing miscarriages of justice – though in this case the film was only loosely based on an actual case and the final dramatic evidence presented at the end is clearly nonsensical. As ever, Jimmy Stewart’s heartfelt performance raises it to a higher level.
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They say it’s a true story but I’m calling bull shit No way that they blew up that photo 100x blurry asf then 140x even blurrier then crystal freaking clear like 200x or whatever
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Well shot and acted movie based in and around Chicago, based on a true story. Always love a Jimmy Stewart film. Seen on the big screen as part of the Gene Siskel Film Center 25 for 25 celebration of their 25 years on State Streer.
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I want Jimmy Stewart to do all my arguing for me. At the Siskel Film Center
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how little did they have going on for this to be front page news
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Typical police laziness/corruption. Make a guy spend 99 years in prison because you wanna close the case… 25 for 25 #2
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A Bitch Called Wanda Cinema’s first “computer: enhance” moment? Not to take away from that climactic reveal but there was no need to zoom right in on the date… right? Newspapers are archived, you could just cross-reference that initial blurry blow-up of the front page with the back catalogue and match it to the right issue. I guess that’s less epic though.
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You can’t go wrong with Jimmy Stewart. This one also had Richard Conte, the same guy who was the villain in The Big Combo. This film is a film noir but not a detective- Stewart is a Newspaper man in Chicago who becomes convinced of the innocence of a man convicted of murder and serving 99 years. Pretty good stuff, and might not have been if it hadn’t been for the acting.
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What a cool time capsule of 1940s Chicago, apparently the first movie to be filmed all on location here. You can definitely recognize some of the old bars in West Town. Jimmy Stewart is charming as always
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Has a lot of heart and a passionate crusading performance from Stewart
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11 Jahre nun sitzt Frank Wiecek im Kittchen, weil er angeblich einen Polizisten erschossen haben soll. Reporter P.J. rollt die Sache wieder auf und kommt Stück für Stück der Wahrheit näher… KENNWORT 777 wird kategorisch als Doku-Noir klassifiziert. Ähnlich wie auch bei THE NAKED CITY, doch hier gefiel mir der Ansatz etwas besser, da der “Moderator” nicht allzu häufig ins Geschehen plappert. Dies führt zu einer treibenden Dynamik der Geschehnisse und verdeutlicht die Korruption dahinter und vor allem den investigativen…
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Jimmy Stewart sniffing out police corruption stirring up trouble in the Polish neighborhoods of Chicago? Oh my yes.
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Goated algorithm pull from YouTube
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A bit boring, but at the end it had a nice way to tie things together.
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REALLY fell in love with this one by the end
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I honestly found this movie rather dull, which is sad considering that I usually love noir films and “reporter uncovers a big ol’ scandal” movies. Jimmy Stewart saves it from being bad, but I don’t think this one will leave much of an impression on me.
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McNeal is always using everyone’s phones…and they let him no matter how annoyed they are 🫶🏼
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not your usual noir or your usual james stewart, and it’s wonderful.
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A touched story.
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A mediocre journalism movie, nothing too exciting, the pacing could be faster.
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“I saw a beautiful woman with bandaged eyes Standing on the steps of a marble temple. Great multitudes passed in front of her, Lifting their faces to her imploringly. In her left hand she held a sword. She was brandishing the sword, Sometimes striking a child, again a laborer, Again a slinking woman, again a lunatic. In her right hand she held a scale; Into the scale pieces of gold were tossed By those who dodged the strokes of the…
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i do enjoy watching jimmy stewart run around and loom over people in great period menswear. yes i’m jealous
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james stewart’ün doğal ve akıcı oyunculuğuna rağmen ham kaldığını düşündüğüm bir hikâye. belki yönetiliş şeklinden (mesela hitchcock yönetse bu hamlık olmayabilirdi) belki de senaryonun yaklaşık bir saatinin heba edildiğini düşünmemden. elindeki hikâye ilginç olmasına rağmen o bir saati öyle bir heba ediyor ki ilerleyip ilerlemediğini kontrol etmek durumunda kaldım. sık sık. bu nedenle bu puanı veriyorum. ama karanlık-gerçekçi bir docudrama sunması yönünden kötü bir deneyim olduğunu da düşünmüyorum. özellikle dünyadaki polis ve devlet şiddetinin epey yaygın olduğu şu dönemde bile…
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The Good Some cracking location work, and Stewart is very decent in this proto-procedural. The Bad It really sags as it wears on. I don’t know if I would say it’s predictable, more that nothing is really surprising. And the Meh… I think it really sits between the two. It’s wonderfully committed to the procedural element, and there’s a clear throughline that’s neatly and evenly plotted as Stewart comes around. But the entertainment comes second a little bit, and there…
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I love a good noir, I love the docudrama energy it’s got and I love how acab it is for a movie with James Maitland
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Impressive procedural thriller before procedurals were a thing. In the same year as The Naked City (1948), director Henry Hathaway uses locations to add authenticity to the true story of Chicago newspaper man, McNeil (James Stewart) and his investigation into a potential miscarriage of justice which sent Frank Wiecek (Richard Conte) to prison for life for killing a cop eleven years prior. What’s so impressive is the film’s attention to detail. For the time, this detail includes every legal step…
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Gila akting James Stewert bagus banget totalitas tanpa batas, ini film bagus anjg 3,6 kurang cocok , emosional banget peran ibu nya, ini film yang mengangkat dilema moral yang sedang banyak terjadi di dunia
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Outstanding drama
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Class.
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Compelling and suspenseful drsma of a newsman’s investigation of a murder suspect in the style of a film noir.
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Got a 92 on my test and then finished this movie.
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The Sarah Koenig of 1944
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Commentary by James Ursini and Alain Silver on Fox DVD
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Really solid mix of docudrama and film noir that sees James Stewart giving a fine performance as a reporter investigating a convicted cop-killer’s innocence. This one differs a bit from other noirs of the time as it’s not really a detective story and is fairly black-and-white in terms of its characters and moral themes, but Call Northside 777 still fits into that mould with its well-worked stories, interesting characters, and the cast of strong actors who bring this true story to life.
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Ya spin a good yarn kid
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My question is, what jury looked Frank in the eyes and thought him capable of committing murder? I shockingly enjoyed watching this movie and didn’t find it anywhere near as dull as I initially imagined. It’s a heartwarming story and I think it really goes to show what helping others and giving people a chance (even in situations where it seems like a hopeless case) can save a persons life. Still curious about what was keeping Wanda silent though and…
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1 Very good “detective” story 👀
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Kind of just wanted this to end the entire time I was watching it ❤️❤️❤️no shade❤️❤️
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I really like Jimmy Stewart. The extended polygraph scene makes me giggle
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he never stopped calling her his wife 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Call Northside 777 aka Here Comes the Zoom The power to enhance gives an innocent man a second chance. It’s just too bad that it took Jimmy Stewart nearly two hours what it would’ve taken Deckard all of 20 seconds to prove. Watched as part of my ongoing effort to dust off my collection. 67 down, 121 to go.
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Jimmy stewart at his most rose-cheeked and determined. Bascially sacrificing himself at the altar of honesty in honour of newspapers duty. Very straight-laced wrong-man-convicted picture garnished with some genuinely stark noir photography. Near breathtaking at times. I always rankle against JS except for a few performances. I cant explain it. I know hes a poster boy for american idealism and justice but I find him so inflexibly obvious as an actor. Some people play parts and you accept the transformation, but with Stewart it feels like hes forever announcing himself into your court. Bells ringing, its Jimmy coming! A fine movie nonethless!
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Very fun
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I felt a small sense of ethnic sympathy and pride. I feel satisfied knowing that 80 year old propaganda still works.
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not bad……
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from the beginning to the end, i really enjoyed every inch of the case series. the last few minutes made me nervous until McNeal managed to prove it. the outside world is truly beautiful.
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Criminal that this has no Blu-ray Disney! Format: LaserDisc
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I love me a good legal/crime noir and I’ll watch anything with Jimmy Stewart. Really cool that they tried to include as many of the real people from the case as possible and tried to be as accurate in the events of the real-life case. I’m curious to read the details and facts of the real case and see if this movie dramatized anything, but I had a good time with it. I wonder if the did ever catch who committed…
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Jimmy does it again. Another good movie. A gripping story that moves at a good pace. It had some pretty funny shots like when that lady walks toward the camera. Well worth a watch
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Uma história muito boa, mas com uma execução que não é perfeita. Em alguns momentos o filme parece um pouco mal feito e faltou mais drama para deixar a trama mais forte emocionalmente. Mesmo assim, levando em conta que é um filme de 1948, está muito bem feito para a época.
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At the very beginning I thought we were headed for a middling Jimmy Stewart performance. But as the story progresses, as he gets more passionate, the standard returns. I love journalism films, I love Jimmy Stewart, and I love the slow unveiling of evidence leading to the final argument. I found this on YouTube, but after finishing it, my commitment to owning it is strengthened. This needs a 4K release.
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Aalien_cicatrix 3 月 12, 2026
It starts off badly but gets better as it goes on. There were a couple of minor things I didn’t like: You come home after a day at work and don’t even wash your hands. Your wife puts a plate of food in front of you and you don’t even taste it. What I really liked was the smile on the woman’s face after she took the money at the bar as James Steward walked away. This is acting. These things make a movie well directed. The family reunion in the end is the weirdest thing.
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Great movie. A couple great outfits too. I screenshot some moments to keep those looks on hand. There was also some dialogue that made me laugh which is always welcome. “Did ya know ya mother was a school janitor?” The delivery of that line cracked me up. It’s a joy to see Jimmy Stewart doing the good work. Hell yeah.
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Interesting film. Based on a true story that I had never heard of — most people too, probably. Was expecting more of a noir, but it is a true story so I guess I can’t really complain. Interesting, but good.
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Hathaway is mostly remembered for being a good-not-great director of westerns. He worked with John Ford (who thoroughly outshined him) on How the West Was Won and made True Grit which mostly holds cultural relevance due to the Coen brothers remake. However, through the 1940s he was an early pioneer of the semi-factual crime film based on true events and shot on – or near about – the actual location. Kiss of Death is his most well known of this…
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Pretty good, really fun scene at the end about sending a photo through a wire and I Really enjoyed that sequence. Analogue tech my beloved
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Love Jimmy Stewart. This is the archetype for the fictional journalist getting a person free. Apparently based on true stories but written with enough blending to avoid code censorship. Classic noir always punches up and this is a classic.
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A very conventional yet likable crime procedural. Narrative, pacing, and dramatic impetus are all pretty leisurely but deliberate & story-focused enough to keep interest. Narration is pretty basic but establishes plot well. Has some nice cinematography moments. Stewart is solid as always. Development of Mac’s motive is fairly good. Rating: A-
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EEli Luchak 3 月 3, 2026
Every now and then you encounter films from the era of Classical Hollywood that feel surprisingly biting, works that were legitimately willing to challenge vested authorities. How something that is willing to so vehemently challenge government institutions and police corruption, and yet do so within the confines of the Hays Code is always something funny to behold. Against the backdrop of the McCarthy era that would take hold around this time in the United States, there were works like this…
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„Kennwort 777“ ist ein semidokumentarisches Drama von Regisseur Henry Hathaway (Niagara, Der Marshal), in dem ein Journalist den elf Jahre zurückliegenden Mord an einem Polizisten neu aufrollt. Brian Kelly (Lee J. Cobb), Chefredakteur der ‚Chicago Times‘, wird auf eine ungewöhnliche Zeitungsannonce aufmerksam. In dieser verspricht die Putzfrau Tillie Wiecek (Kasia Orzazewski) eine Belohnung in Höhe von 5000 Dollar, wenn man ihr Informationen über den Tod eines Polizisten liefern kann. Eine Story witternd, setzt Kelly den Reporter P. J. McNeal (James…
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Offering rare cinematic glimpses of Chicago in the 1940s, this noir-adjacent, documentary-style crime drama stars Jimmy Stewart as a reporter who campaigns to free a wrongly imprisoned man accused of murdering a cop 11 years earlier. 111 mins; DCP.
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Absolutely brilliant. One of the first films we see post war of Jimmy in a serious role. The radio play version is just as good too.
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- Synopsis
- 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.
- Director
- Henry Hathaway
- Writer
- Leonard Hoffman, Quentin Reynolds, Jerome Cady, Jay Dratler
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- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English, Polish, German
- Year
- 1948
- Runtime
- 111 mins
- USA13 Feb 1948
- Germany10 Nov 1948
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