Call Northside 777 Script

Script by:Jerome Cady (Screenplay), Jay Dratler (Screenplay), Leonard Hoffman (Adaptation), Quentin Reynolds (Adaptation), James P. McGuire (Writer)
Directed by:Henry Hathaway
Year:1948

Plot: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. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal 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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