Vendetta (1999 film)

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Vendetta
Directed by Nicholas Meyer
Produced by Sue Jett
Tony Mark
Written by Richard Gambino (book)
Timothy Prager (teleplay)
Starring Christopher Walken
Luke Askew
Clancy Brown
Alessandro Colla
Andrew Connolly
Bruce Davison
Music by John Altman
Cinematography David Franco
Editing by Ronald Roose
Distributed by Home Box Office
Release date(s) July 3, 1999
Running time 117 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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Vendetta is an HBO original movie starring Christopher Walken, 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 hung in one of the largest mass lynchings in American history.

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