- THE FEAR OF THE LORD— What is it? Is it important?
- WISDOM— What is it and how can I become wiser?
- PURITY— Why should I save sex for marriage?
- DISEASE AND SUFFERING— Why is the world the way it is? Did God create it this way?
- EFFECTIVE RESPONSES— How can I best respond to tough questions from unbelievers?
- The Last Supper
- Snow White
- Novocaine
- Mickey 17
- Captain America: Brave New World
- Paddington in Peru
- Love Hurts
- Flight Risk
- Wolf Man
- Survive
Zendaya (Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman), American actress and singer—“K.C. Undercover” TV series, “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “Euphoria” TV series, “Dune” Part 1 and 2 • Faith: Unclear • Worldview: Progressive Liberalism, Liberal Feminism (activist), Black Lives Matter (activist), Vegetarianism, Humanitarianism • Partner: Tom Holland
Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor—“The Marksman,” “Kinsey,” “Schindler’s List,” “Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace,” “Batman Begins,” “Taken,” “Clash of the Titans,” “The A-Team,” the voice of Aslan in “The Chronicles of Narnia,” “Unknown” • Faith: Unclear, raised in Christianity (Roman Catholicism). In 2015, he narrated a video commercial promoting abortion.
Please take a moment now to pray for these influential people (prayer suggestions).
Call Northside 777
Reviewed by: Patrick Russell
CONTRIBUTOR
| Moral Rating: | Good |
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| Primary Audience: | Teens Adults |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Length: | 1 hr. 52 min. |
| Year of Release: | 1948 |
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| Featuring | James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker |
| Director |
Henry Hathaway |
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Documenting a true story, “Call Northside 777,” starring Jimmy Stewart, is well worth your time. Stewart is exceptional, as always, and the entire cast is very believable in their respective roles. The fact that the entire movie is in black and white adds to the charm and mood of this classic picture.
Set in Chicago during the Prohibition era, this story tells of a man convicted of killing a police officer. Eleven years after his conviction his mother runs an ad in the classifieds offering $5,000 for information on the real killer. Jimmy Stewart plays the reporter who is reluctantly assigned to find out the story behind the mother’s offer. His report captures the heart of the city and he is trapped into following up on the story.
There are quite a few references to God and religion from a Catholic perspective (the main family is Polish)—nothing offensive.
There are a few bar scenes in the movie as the reporter researches leads, however, these are very mild and not at all what you might see in a more modern movie. No sex, profanity, drugs, etc. There is one instance of a policeman being shot, but this is done without the use of blood or gore.
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