Vendetta (1999 film)


Vendetta is a 1999 HBO original movie directed by Nicholas Meyer and starring Christopher Walken, Luke Askew, Clancy Brown, Alessandro Colla, Andrew Connolly, and Bruce Davison. Based on actual events, it depicts the assassination of David Hennessy and the consequent March 14, 1891 lynchings of eleven Italian Americans in New Orleans.

Premise

Nineteen Italian-Americans were accused of the murder of the police chief. After the acquittal of six and mistrial of three, eleven of them were shot or hanged in one of the largest mass lynchings in American history.

Cast

Writing

The teleplay by Timothy Prager is based on Richard Gambino's book, Vendetta: The True Story of the Largest Lynching in U.S. History.