Synopsis & Context
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.
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- Vendetta
- Release
- September 12, 1999
- Screen Time
- 1h 57min
- Rating
- R
- Direction
- Nicholas Meyer
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Production Status
- Released
Personas & Cast
Christopher Walken
James Houston
Pierrino Mascarino
Antonio Marchesi
Luke Askew
William Parkerson
Clancy Brown
Chief Hennessy
Andrew Connolly
Sheriff Bill Villere
Alessandro Colla
Gaspare Marchesi
Bruce Davison
Thomas Semmes
Joaquim de Almeida
Joseph Macheca
Andrea Di Stefano
Vincent Provenzano
Megan McChesney
Megan O'Brien
Edward Herrmann
D.A. Luzenberg
Richard Libertini
Giovanni Provenzano
