Vendetta

Vendetta

Vendetta is a 1999 HBO original movie based on actual events that took place in New Orleans on March 14, 1891. Eighteen Italian-Americans were falsely accused of the murder of the police chief. After their acquittal, 11 of them were shot or hanged in one of the largest mass lynchings in American history. The teleplay by Timothy Prager is based on Richard Gambino's book, Vendetta: The True Story of the Largest Lynching in U.S. History .

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Release date:July 3, 1999
Directed by:Nicholas Meyer
Rated:R (USA)
Runtime:117 Minutes
Producer:Gary Lucchesi
Music by:Paul Schoenfield, John Altman

Cast of Vendetta

Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken
James Houston
Born:March 31, 1943
Age:69
Bruce Davison
Bruce Davison
Born:June 28, 1946
Age:65
Edward Herrmann
Edward Herrmann
Born:July 21, 1943
Age:68
Clancy Brown
Clancy Brown
Chief Hennessy
Born:January 5, 1959
Age:53
Joaquim de Almeida
Joaquim de Almeida
Born:March 15, 1957
Age:55
Richard Libertini
Richard Libertini
Born:May 21, 1933
Age:79

Film director of Vendetta

Nicholas Meyer
Nicholas Meyer
Born: December 24, 1945
Age: 66

Nicholas Meyer is an American screenwriter, producer, author, and director, most known for his best-selling novel The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, and for directing the films Time After Time, two of the Star Trek feature film series, and the 1983 television movie The Day After. For adapting a...
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TitleReleasedRatedGenre
Vendetta 1999 R (USA)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991 PG (USA) Science Fiction
Company Business 1991 PG-13 (USA) Comedy
The Deceivers 1988 PG-13 (USA) Adventure
Volunteers 1985 R (USA) Comedy
The Day After 1983 Science Fiction
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 PG (USA) Adventure
Faerie Tale Theatre: The Pied Piper of Hamelin 1982
Time After Time 1979 PG (USA) Science Fiction
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