Vendetta
Vendetta

Information

Release DateSeptember 12, 1999
Runtime1h 57m
StatusReleased
ProductionHBO
LanguagesEnglish, Italian
6.2
22 votes
Popularity1

Vendetta

"Threats. Intimidation. Murder. His way is the only way."

Synopsis

Based on a true story, Vendetta tells the shocking and tragic story of a group of Sicilian immigrants working on the New Orleans docks in the 1890's. After the Chief of Police was brutally murdered, much of the city's Sicilian population was rounded up and brought in for questioning. Eventually, thirteen were formally tried for murder and nine went to trial, and while they were acquitted, a series of brutal lynchings showed they had as much to fear from the city's general populace as they did from the corrupt police force.

Cast & Crew

Director

Nicholas Meyer
Nicholas Meyer

Featured Cast

Christopher Walken

Christopher Walken

James Houston

Pierrino Mascarino

Pierrino Mascarino

Antonio Marchesi

Luke Askew

Luke Askew

William Parkerson

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown

Chief Hennessy

Andrew Connolly

Andrew Connolly

Sheriff Bill Villere

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