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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary, News Clips, Theatrical Trailer, English, Spanish Subtitled
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. When he begins to investigate he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
Editor's Note
In this documentary-style drama based on a true story, a reporter tries to prove that a man in prison for murder has been wrongly convicted. A great performance by Stewart as the persistent journalist.
Plot Summary
The mother of Frank Wiecek, a prisoner convicted for killing a cop, offers $5000 for information leading his release of her son. She believes the jury erred and that Frank's innocent. Reporter McNeal, who's been assigned to write a human-interest story on Wiecek, telephones her to get the scoop. McNeal's relentless investigation uncovers new clues that ultimately proves Wiecek's innocence, and returns him to freedom after eleven years of imprisonment.
| Features | Theatrical Trailer | | Fox Noir: House of Bamboo, Panic in the Streets, The Street with No Namethe Streets, The Street with No Name trailers | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo, English, French Dolby Digital Mono | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Commentary by James Ursiniand Alain Silver | | Fox Movietone News Clips: Motion Picture Stars Attend the Premiere of Call Northside 777 |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 3/15/2005 |
| Running Time: 111 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1948 | | Catalog ID: 2223019 | | UPC: 00024543130192 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: B&W |
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"[A] great career move for Stewart....Tautly directed..." 04/03/2005 p.E15Sight and Sound
"[N]otable as one of the first crusading, factually based dramas about a miscarriage of justice." 03/01/2006 p.86 |
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