Overview
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.
DirectorNicholas Meyer
WritersRichard Gambino, Timothy Prager
Top Casts
Alessandro Colla
Gaspare Marchesi
Pierrino Mascarino
Antonio Marchesi
Luke Askew
William Parkerson
Clancy Brown
Chief Hennessy
Christopher Walken
James Houston
Andrew Connolly
Sheriff Bill Villere
Bruce Davison
Thomas Semmes
Joaquim de Almeida
Joseph Macheca
Andrea Di Stefano
Vincent Provenzano
Megan McChesney
Megan O'Brien
Details
LanguageEnglish, Italian
Production companiesHBO