Call Northside 777
Summary: Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.
Director:
Henry Hathaway
Runtime: 1 h 52 min
MPAA: Approved
Production: Twentieth Century Fox
Country: United States
Language: English
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